1 00:04:55,595 --> 00:05:05,805 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:05:12,945 --> 00:05:13,446 -- WELCOME BACK. THE SELECT 3 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:14,280 BUDGET COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 28th. 4 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:15,748 WE'LL COME BACK TO ORDER. IT IS 5 00:05:15,748 --> 00:05:17,183 1:10 P.M. ON DAN STRAUSS, CHAIR 6 00:05:17,183 --> 00:05:18,818 OF THE COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK 7 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:21,087 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:23,489 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 9 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:26,259 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 10 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:29,195 PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER. JUAREZ 11 00:05:29,195 --> 00:05:29,762 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 12 00:05:29,762 --> 00:05:31,264 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 13 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:33,900 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE. 14 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:35,234 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. PRESENT. 15 00:05:35,234 --> 00:05:37,870 COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA HERE. CHAIR 16 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:38,705 STRAUSS. NINE. PRESENT. 17 00:05:38,705 --> 00:05:39,472 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 18 00:05:39,472 --> 00:05:41,040 PICK UP RIGHT WHERE WE LEFT OFF. 19 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,142 WE ARE ENTERING INTO ARTS AND 20 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:44,844 THEN FINISHING OFF WITH SEATTLE 21 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:48,381 PARKS AND RECREATION. WE HAVE 22 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:50,149 ANOTHER 29 CBAS TO GET THROUGH 23 00:05:50,149 --> 00:05:51,984 AND LET'S TAKE IT AWAY. I'VE 24 00:05:51,984 --> 00:05:54,253 GOT WE'VE GOT H.B. AND EDNA 25 00:05:54,253 --> 00:05:55,655 WITH US TODAY, SO WE'LL TURN IT 26 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:58,391 OVER TO YOU FOR THE ARTS. FIRST 27 00:05:58,391 --> 00:06:02,695 UP, WE HAVE ARTS 1SA1. 28 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:05,598 -- COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF ARTS 29 00:06:05,598 --> 00:06:07,967 1SA1 IS A STATEMENT OF 30 00:06:07,967 --> 00:06:10,069 LEGISLATIVE EFFECT. STATEMENT OF 31 00:06:10,069 --> 00:06:11,971 LEGISLATIVE INTENT, WHICH WOULD 32 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:13,306 REQUEST THAT THE OFFICE OF ARTS 33 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:15,975 AND CULTURE CONDUCT A 34 00:06:15,975 --> 00:06:17,877 COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE 35 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:20,246 CITY'S ARTS FUNDING LANDSCAPE 36 00:06:20,246 --> 00:06:20,847 AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO 37 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:22,415 STRENGTHEN LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE 38 00:06:22,415 --> 00:06:24,250 SUPPORT FOR ARTS AND CULTURE IN 39 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:27,453 SEATTLE. IT IS SPONSORED BY 40 00:06:27,453 --> 00:06:28,821 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH 41 00:06:28,821 --> 00:06:29,288 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 42 00:06:29,288 --> 00:06:32,058 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 43 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:32,892 JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 44 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:34,727 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 45 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:35,361 HOLLINGSWORTH IS SPONSOR OF THE 46 00:06:35,361 --> 00:06:36,496 PROPOSAL. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 47 00:06:36,496 --> 00:06:37,430 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR AND 48 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:38,398 COLLEAGUES. LET ME JUST SAY I 49 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:40,133 HAVE SEVEN OUT OF THE 12 50 00:06:40,133 --> 00:06:41,601 AMENDMENTS FOR ARTS. SO I 51 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:43,636 APOLOGIZE THAT I'M PLANTING MY 52 00:06:43,636 --> 00:06:45,004 FLAG THIS SEASON FOR THE ARTS 53 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:46,439 COMMUNITY. I ALSO KNOW HOW 54 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:47,073 IMPORTANT ARTS IS TO EACH AND 55 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:48,241 EVERY ONE OF YOU. SO THANK YOU 56 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:50,643 IN ADVANCE. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT 57 00:06:50,643 --> 00:06:52,345 CO-SPONSOR ANY OF THESE ADS, I 58 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:55,415 KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORTED AND WE 59 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:56,816 HAD AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF 60 00:06:56,816 --> 00:06:58,117 RESOURCES. IF WE DID, I KNOW 61 00:06:58,117 --> 00:07:00,686 THAT YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE THESE 62 00:07:00,686 --> 00:07:02,955 AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY 63 00:07:02,955 --> 00:07:03,589 THAT. AND ALSO THE LAST TWO AND 64 00:07:03,589 --> 00:07:04,824 A HALF YEARS, MY VOTING RECORD 65 00:07:04,824 --> 00:07:06,459 HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTING 66 00:07:06,459 --> 00:07:07,493 TRADITIONAL EFFORTS OF PUBLIC 67 00:07:07,493 --> 00:07:09,962 SAFETY, FIRE, EMT CARE. I'VE 68 00:07:09,962 --> 00:07:11,998 SUPPORTED ALL INITIATIVES OF 69 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:13,699 SERVICE, HOUSING, FOOD ACCESS, 70 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:15,735 TREATMENT, HOMELESS INITIATIVES. 71 00:07:15,735 --> 00:07:18,437 AND WHAT I FEEL THIS YEAR IS 72 00:07:18,437 --> 00:07:18,938 NEEDED FOR MY UNDIVIDED 73 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:20,306 ATTENTION IS ARTS. THEY'RE 74 00:07:20,306 --> 00:07:22,775 CONSISTENTLY UNDERFUNDED AND 75 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:23,743 THIS IS ALWAYS SOME TIME, THE 76 00:07:23,743 --> 00:07:25,011 FIRST THING TO CUT. SO I JUST 77 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:26,612 WANTED TO SAY THAT I JUST REALLY 78 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:28,848 APPRECIATE YOU ALL ON THAT. AND 79 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:30,950 I WILL ROLL INTO THIS FIRST ONE. 80 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,785 SO THIS REQUEST IS A 81 00:07:32,785 --> 00:07:34,454 COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE 82 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:36,222 SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR ARTS AND 83 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:37,423 CULTURE SECTORS. CITIES LIKE 84 00:07:37,423 --> 00:07:38,424 DETROIT HAVE SHOWN US HOW ARTS 85 00:07:38,424 --> 00:07:39,559 AND CULTURE CAN BE A PART OF THE 86 00:07:39,559 --> 00:07:41,894 BROADER NEIGHBORHOOD 87 00:07:41,894 --> 00:07:43,029 REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. IF WE 88 00:07:43,029 --> 00:07:44,430 WANT TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR 89 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:46,165 WITH SEATTLE, WE HAVE TO BETTER 90 00:07:46,165 --> 00:07:48,801 UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE, AND I 91 00:07:48,801 --> 00:07:50,536 BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT 92 00:07:50,536 --> 00:07:52,538 FUNDING, STAFFING AND PROGRAMING 93 00:07:52,538 --> 00:07:53,573 CAPACITY TO SUSTAIN THIS WORK 94 00:07:53,573 --> 00:07:55,641 NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND IT 95 00:07:55,641 --> 00:07:58,644 NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE 96 00:07:58,644 --> 00:08:00,880 ANALYZED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR 97 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,982 CULTURAL WORKERS HAVE THE 98 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:04,083 SUPPORT THAT WE NEED. AND WE 99 00:08:04,083 --> 00:08:05,985 ALSO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT 100 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:07,753 ARTS AS A PART OF OUR CITY'S 101 00:08:07,753 --> 00:08:08,821 INFRASTRUCTURE. NOT AN ADD ON. 102 00:08:08,821 --> 00:08:11,224 BUT IN ADDITION TO OR IT NEEDS 103 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:15,261 TO BE INTEGRATED IN A WAY THAT 104 00:08:15,261 --> 00:08:16,562 MAKES SENSE. SO WE REFER TO ARTS 105 00:08:16,562 --> 00:08:19,031 AS NECESSARY, YET FUNDING NEEDS 106 00:08:19,031 --> 00:08:21,167 HAVE INCREASED. EXCUSE ME. WE 107 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:23,736 HAVE REFERRED TO ARTS AS A 108 00:08:23,736 --> 00:08:25,238 NECESSITY AND FUNDING NEEDS HAVE 109 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:27,540 NOT INCREASED IN ARTS. AND I 110 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,008 BELIEVE INVESTING IN ARTS AND 111 00:08:29,008 --> 00:08:30,810 CULTURE IS ALSO INVESTING IN 112 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:31,777 LONG TERM VITALITY OF OUR 113 00:08:31,777 --> 00:08:34,046 NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I WANT TO 114 00:08:34,046 --> 00:08:36,115 THANK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 115 00:08:36,115 --> 00:08:36,749 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR THEIR 116 00:08:36,749 --> 00:08:39,285 SUPPORT ON THIS REQUEST. THANK 117 00:08:39,285 --> 00:08:39,485 YOU. 118 00:08:39,485 --> 00:08:41,020 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 119 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:41,687 FOSTER IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 120 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:44,323 OVERSEEING ARTS. DO YOU HAVE 121 00:08:44,323 --> 00:08:44,724 ANYTHING TO ADD? 122 00:08:44,724 --> 00:08:46,826 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 123 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:47,426 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 124 00:08:47,426 --> 00:08:49,095 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SUPPORT 125 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,130 THIS. I WILL JUST NOTE VERY 126 00:08:51,130 --> 00:08:53,799 BRIEFLY, I WILL BE REFRAINING 127 00:08:53,799 --> 00:08:56,235 TODAY FROM ADDING CO-SPONSORSHIP 128 00:08:56,235 --> 00:08:59,071 TO ANY ADDITIONAL ARTS ADS. THAT 129 00:08:59,071 --> 00:08:59,705 IS NOT A COMMENTARY ON THE VALUE 130 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:00,840 OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBERS ARE 131 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:01,440 BRINGING FORWARD. AS COUNCIL 132 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,174 PRESIDENT JUST SAID, AND I'LL 133 00:09:02,174 --> 00:09:05,144 SPEAK TO MY INTENT REGARDING 134 00:09:05,144 --> 00:09:06,045 THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER WITH ONE 135 00:09:06,045 --> 00:09:07,547 OF MY AMENDMENTS. SO NO FURTHER 136 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:08,147 COMMENTS FROM ME. THANK YOU, 137 00:09:08,147 --> 00:09:09,148 CHAIR. 138 00:09:09,148 --> 00:09:12,451 -- THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 139 00:09:12,451 --> 00:09:13,085 DISCUSSION. YES. COUNCILMEMBER 140 00:09:13,085 --> 00:09:14,220 JUAREZ. 141 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,488 -- HAD MY HAND UP. I KNOW I SEE 142 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:17,924 IT. OKAY. 143 00:09:17,924 --> 00:09:19,392 -- I MAKE MISTAKES. 144 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:23,229 -- TO OH, DO YOU NOW? THANK YOU, 145 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,598 MR. CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL THANK 146 00:09:25,598 --> 00:09:27,700 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR 147 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:29,235 BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND YOUR 148 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:31,070 LEADERSHIP IN THE ARTS AND YOUR 149 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:33,005 INTENTION AND ALL THE OTHER 150 00:09:33,005 --> 00:09:34,640 PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED 151 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,809 AND IDEAS THAT MAKE OUR CITY 152 00:09:36,809 --> 00:09:38,744 GREAT. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 153 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:40,580 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, FOR BEING 154 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:43,015 A COSPONSOR AS WELL. AND I 155 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:46,485 NORMALLY DON'T SHARE THIS, BUT 156 00:09:46,485 --> 00:09:47,653 I TO CARE ABOUT THE ARTS BECAUSE 157 00:09:47,653 --> 00:09:49,188 MY HUSBAND IS AN ARTIST AND MY 158 00:09:49,188 --> 00:09:50,389 DAUGHTER IS. AND THAT'S HOW THEY 159 00:09:50,389 --> 00:09:52,792 SUPPORT THEMSELVES. YES, I WOULD 160 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:54,393 HAVE PREFERRED MED SCHOOL, BUT 161 00:09:54,393 --> 00:09:55,628 THAT'S WHAT I GOT. I GOT AN 162 00:09:55,628 --> 00:09:59,165 ARTIST. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 163 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:01,067 OR A LAWYER, BUT THEY WANT TO BE 164 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:03,369 CREATIVE. SO. SO ANYWAY, LET ME 165 00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:05,838 TELL YOU WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. 166 00:10:05,838 --> 00:10:07,473 AND THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO ME 167 00:10:07,473 --> 00:10:09,442 ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND US PUTTING 168 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:10,610 OUR HEADS TOGETHER ABOUT HOW WE 169 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:14,013 MOVE FORWARD. THIS LIE, THIS LIE 170 00:10:14,013 --> 00:10:15,982 IS ABOUT MOVING FROM SURVIVAL 171 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:18,317 MODE TO LONG TERM 172 00:10:18,317 --> 00:10:18,884 SUSTAINABILITY, SECURING A 173 00:10:18,884 --> 00:10:20,052 SUSTAINABLE FUTURE MEANS WE 174 00:10:20,052 --> 00:10:21,821 CANNOT TREAT ARTS AND CULTURE AS 175 00:10:21,821 --> 00:10:22,922 A LUXURY WHEN IT'S A CORNERSTONE 176 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:25,658 OF OUR CITY'S IDENTITY AND 177 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:27,326 ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE. TO 178 00:10:27,326 --> 00:10:29,161 CREATE THIS FUTURE. THIS SLI 179 00:10:29,161 --> 00:10:31,597 ASSESSES TWO VITAL AREAS. FIRST, 180 00:10:31,597 --> 00:10:32,431 WE RELY HEAVILY ON THE 181 00:10:32,431 --> 00:10:33,633 ADMISSIONS TAX, BUT WE NEED TO 182 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:35,501 KNOW IF IT IS RESILIENT FOR THE 183 00:10:35,501 --> 00:10:37,036 FUTURE. THIS SLIDE WILL GIVE US 184 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:38,504 A LOOK AT ITS LIMITS AND HELP US 185 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:40,473 WITH NEW FUNDING MODELS USED BY 186 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:44,210 OUR PEER CITIES. VERY IMPORTANT. 187 00:10:44,210 --> 00:10:45,644 SECOND, WE OFTEN CELEBRATE 188 00:10:45,644 --> 00:10:47,179 SEATTLE'S ART, BUT WE FORGET 189 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:49,548 THE WORKERS BEHIND IT. THIS 190 00:10:49,548 --> 00:10:50,149 SLIDE SPECIFICALLY TASKS ARTS 191 00:10:50,149 --> 00:10:51,751 WITH FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE 192 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:54,353 EMPLOYMENT, STABILITY AND ACCESS 193 00:10:54,353 --> 00:10:56,956 FOR OUR LOCAL CULTURAL WORKERS 194 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:58,290 AND ARTISTS. THIS SLIDE WOULD 195 00:10:58,290 --> 00:11:01,460 GIVE THE COUNCIL CONCRETE DATA 196 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:03,863 NEEDED REGARDING STAFFING GAPS, 197 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:04,397 FUNDING ALTERNATIVES AND 198 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:06,499 PROGRAMING POTENTIAL BY 2027. IT 199 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:09,769 ENSURES FUTURE BUDGET DECISIONS. 200 00:11:09,769 --> 00:11:11,570 IT ENSURES THAT FUTURE BUDGET 201 00:11:11,570 --> 00:11:12,138 DECISIONS ARE STRATEGIC AND 202 00:11:12,138 --> 00:11:14,407 BUILT TO LAST. I URGE MY 203 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:15,908 COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS 204 00:11:15,908 --> 00:11:16,442 AMENDMENT AND TO HELP THE 205 00:11:16,442 --> 00:11:17,743 COUNCIL BUILD A STRONGER 206 00:11:17,743 --> 00:11:19,545 FOUNDATION FOR SEATTLE'S 207 00:11:19,545 --> 00:11:20,146 CREATIVE ECONOMY. THANK YOU. 208 00:11:20,146 --> 00:11:20,679 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 209 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,382 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 210 00:11:23,382 --> 00:11:26,619 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, 211 00:11:26,619 --> 00:11:27,253 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, 212 00:11:27,253 --> 00:11:28,254 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I 213 00:11:28,254 --> 00:11:30,756 JUST KIND OF HOPE THAT AS PART 214 00:11:30,756 --> 00:11:31,390 OF ANY ASSESSMENT THAT WE COULD 215 00:11:31,390 --> 00:11:33,893 LOOK AT SORT OF OTHER FUNDERS, I 216 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:35,428 WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN LAST YEAR 217 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,630 THAT AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S 218 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:38,164 STATE FUNDING OR PRIVATE 219 00:11:38,164 --> 00:11:39,665 FUNDING, BUT THAT WASHINGTON 220 00:11:39,665 --> 00:11:40,800 STATE HAS SOME OF THE LOWEST 221 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,135 FUNDING FOR THE ARTS IN THE 222 00:11:43,135 --> 00:11:45,337 COUNTRY. AND SO I JUST THINK 223 00:11:45,337 --> 00:11:47,373 THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE 224 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:49,642 A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE FULL 225 00:11:49,642 --> 00:11:53,479 ARTS FUNDING ECOSYSTEM. SO WITH 226 00:11:53,479 --> 00:11:55,047 THAT, I'LL BE SUPPORTING. 227 00:11:55,047 --> 00:11:57,316 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. 228 00:11:57,316 --> 00:12:00,586 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 229 00:12:00,586 --> 00:12:01,554 DISCUSSION, FINAL DISCUSSION. IF 230 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:05,991 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 231 00:12:05,991 --> 00:12:09,895 ARTS 1SA1, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 232 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:16,836 HAND AT THIS TIME SET. GREAT. 233 00:12:16,836 --> 00:12:17,436 ADDING CO-SPONSORSHIP TO ARTS 234 00:12:17,436 --> 00:12:19,839 1SA1 IS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 235 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:23,676 KETTLE LIN AND SAKA. 236 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:25,111 -- I'M SORRY. 237 00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:26,112 -- ON FOLKS. DON'T TAKE YOUR 238 00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:30,116 HANDS DOWN UNTIL YOU HEAR YOUR 239 00:12:30,116 --> 00:12:32,118 NAME CALLED. 240 00:12:32,118 --> 00:12:33,652 -- I IT'S ALREADY COSPONSORED. 241 00:12:33,652 --> 00:12:34,687 COUNCILMEMBERS, KETTLE. LIN AND 242 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:34,887 SAKA. 243 00:12:34,887 --> 00:12:37,590 -- YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK 244 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:40,793 YOU. TEAM. MOVING ON TO ARTS TWO 245 00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:43,229 A 1HB. 246 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:43,896 -- HARPER COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 247 00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:44,997 AND MAY I SAY, I THINK I'VE 248 00:12:44,997 --> 00:12:46,365 CORNERED THE MARKET ON THE 249 00:12:46,365 --> 00:12:47,399 COOLEST CBAS. SO THANK YOU VERY 250 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:48,434 MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 251 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:49,969 HOLLINGSWORTH AND THE REST OF 252 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:50,436 THE COUNCIL FOR THAT 253 00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:51,770 OPPORTUNITY. ARTS TWO A WOULD 254 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:53,139 INCREASE ARTS BY 3 MILLION 255 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:54,607 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 ON A ONE 256 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:57,042 TIME BASIS FOR ARTS PROGRAMING 257 00:12:57,042 --> 00:12:58,911 AND IMPOSE A PROVISO. SO THIS 258 00:12:58,911 --> 00:13:01,013 COULD BE FOR A VARIETY OF 259 00:13:01,013 --> 00:13:01,614 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS 260 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:02,314 ACTIVATING SPACES, PRODUCING 261 00:13:02,314 --> 00:13:04,183 EVENTS, OR CREATING ARTS AND 262 00:13:04,183 --> 00:13:06,152 CULTURE MEDIA. IT SPONSORED BY 263 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:06,785 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 264 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:08,220 AND CO-SPONSORED BY 265 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:09,788 COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND FOSTER. 266 00:13:09,788 --> 00:13:11,957 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 267 00:13:11,957 --> 00:13:12,925 HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU'RE 268 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:13,225 RECOGNIZED. 269 00:13:13,225 --> 00:13:14,727 -- SO FIRST I WANT TO THANK 270 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:15,294 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR HER 271 00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:16,729 LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP ON 272 00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:18,330 THIS AMENDMENT AND ALSO 273 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:20,299 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AS WELL FOR 274 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:22,601 YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND 275 00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:23,736 STEWARDSHIP IN ALL THIS. BOTH OF 276 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:26,305 YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS 277 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:27,339 PARTNERS, COLLEAGUES, LAST YEAR, 278 00:13:27,339 --> 00:13:29,041 OUR OFFICE AND OFFICE OF ARTS 279 00:13:29,041 --> 00:13:32,478 AND CULTURE DISTRIBUTED OVER 280 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:33,612 $4.5 MILLION TO ABOUT 500 281 00:13:33,612 --> 00:13:35,948 ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, BUT 282 00:13:35,948 --> 00:13:37,950 THEY RECEIVED 900 APPLICATIONS. 283 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:40,119 AND THIS IS AN INCREASE IN 284 00:13:40,119 --> 00:13:40,986 APPLICATIONS COMPARED TO 285 00:13:40,986 --> 00:13:42,555 PREVIOUS YEARS, WHICH IS GREAT, 286 00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:44,423 BY THE WAY. BUT YOU KNOW THAT 287 00:13:44,423 --> 00:13:47,026 THE FUNDING SOURCES HAVE DRIED 288 00:13:47,026 --> 00:13:49,261 UP AROUND THE FEDERAL AND COUNTY 289 00:13:49,261 --> 00:13:52,164 LEVEL AT TIMES AND AND STATE AS 290 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:54,533 WELL. AND SO BUDGET IS TIGHT IN 291 00:13:54,533 --> 00:13:56,335 WASHINGTON IN 2021. THE CREATIVE 292 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:59,371 SECTOR CONTRIBUTED OVER $119 293 00:13:59,371 --> 00:14:00,706 BILLION TO THE STATE AND 294 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:03,742 SUPPORTED 380,000 JOBS. YET 295 00:14:03,742 --> 00:14:04,877 SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE FOUND 296 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:06,679 YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT ART 297 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,615 ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS ARE 298 00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:11,016 CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING. SO THESE 299 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:12,151 NUMBERS ARE REAL. I KNOW YOU ALL 300 00:14:12,151 --> 00:14:16,455 KNOW HOW AMAZING ARTS IS. WE PUT 301 00:14:16,455 --> 00:14:17,489 OUR FLAG IN THE GROUND FOR 3 302 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:18,591 MILLION, AND I AND I WILL JUST 303 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:19,859 TELL YOU ALL THIS, I THINK ONE 304 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:22,394 OF THE MOST REWARDING THINGS 305 00:14:22,394 --> 00:14:23,395 THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR. AND 306 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:24,563 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 307 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:26,298 AND SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR VIVIAN 308 00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:27,866 SONG FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND 309 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:29,368 EFFORTS WHERE WE HELPED SAVE A 310 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:30,970 MUSIC PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON 311 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:33,706 MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE WAS A 312 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:35,374 $30,000 GAP AND SAFEWAY MIKE 313 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:36,976 MCCREADY FROM PEARL JAM SEAHAWKS 314 00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:38,444 STEPPED IN TO SAVE THE PROGRAM 315 00:14:38,444 --> 00:14:40,079 FROM ENDING AND CLOSING. THAT IS 316 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:41,814 A NATIONAL PROGRAM, AND IT'S AN 317 00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:43,249 AWARD WINNING PROGRAM. AND OUR 318 00:14:43,249 --> 00:14:45,150 SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT HAVE 319 00:14:45,150 --> 00:14:46,552 ENOUGH FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS 320 00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:48,087 PROGRAM. WHILE I WAS HAPPY THAT 321 00:14:48,087 --> 00:14:49,755 WE FOUND A SOLUTION, I WAS 322 00:14:49,755 --> 00:14:50,389 ABSOLUTELY EMBARRASSED THAT WE 323 00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:52,658 WERE EVEN IN THAT POSITION TO 324 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:54,426 BEGIN WITH. AND SO THAT'S WHY I 325 00:14:54,426 --> 00:14:55,828 BELIEVE ARTS IS IMPORTANT, AND 326 00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:57,296 BEING ABLE TO FUND IT AT A 327 00:14:57,296 --> 00:14:59,665 LEVEL, I THINK AT $3 MILLION, I 328 00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:00,766 KNOW IF WE HAD ENDLESS 329 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:01,500 RESOURCES, IT WOULD BE GREAT, 330 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:03,535 BUT THAT IS OUR ASK AND JUST 331 00:15:03,535 --> 00:15:04,737 REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE 332 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,071 PEOPLE'S SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 333 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:09,575 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 334 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:10,209 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 335 00:15:10,209 --> 00:15:11,543 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. ANYTHING 336 00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:11,777 TO ADD? 337 00:15:11,777 --> 00:15:13,379 -- I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE 338 00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:14,380 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 339 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:15,814 FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND ALSO FOR 340 00:15:15,814 --> 00:15:16,715 HER GENEROSITY WITH HER 341 00:15:16,715 --> 00:15:17,783 COMMENTS. SHE SAID THAT WE GOT 342 00:15:17,783 --> 00:15:19,084 TO STEP IN AND SUPPORT THIS 343 00:15:19,084 --> 00:15:21,687 PROGRAM, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT 344 00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:22,288 WAS REALLY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 345 00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:24,323 HOLLINGSWORTH ORGANIZING AND 346 00:15:24,323 --> 00:15:25,724 COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO 347 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:27,259 BRINGING TOGETHER PARTNERS AND 348 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:27,927 SUPPORTING THE MUSIC PROGRAM. 349 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:29,795 AND THAT IS ONE OF MY FONDEST 350 00:15:29,795 --> 00:15:30,663 MEMORIES FROM MY FIRST YEAR HERE 351 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:32,932 ON COUNCIL, AND I REALLY 352 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:35,301 APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'M REALLY 353 00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:36,669 PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS BUDGET 354 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:38,137 ACTION BECAUSE IT ADDS RESOURCES 355 00:15:38,137 --> 00:15:39,238 BACK INTO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 356 00:15:39,238 --> 00:15:40,906 CULTURE, WHILE ALSO GIVING SPACE 357 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:41,907 FOR THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 358 00:15:41,907 --> 00:15:43,542 CULTURE TO WORK WITH THE ARTISTS 359 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:45,945 AND COMMUNITIES AND MAKE 360 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:46,578 DETERMINATIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY 361 00:15:46,578 --> 00:15:47,813 SEE THE NEED. AND I THINK 362 00:15:47,813 --> 00:15:49,315 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT 363 00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:51,216 OF THE APPROACH THAT COUNCIL 364 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:51,817 PRESIDENT IS PUTTING FORWARD. 365 00:15:51,817 --> 00:15:52,418 THANK YOU. 366 00:15:52,418 --> 00:15:54,987 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL 367 00:15:54,987 --> 00:15:55,287 DISCUSSION. 368 00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:55,888 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THANK 369 00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:56,255 YOU. 370 00:15:56,255 --> 00:15:56,855 -- CHAIR STRAUSS I WANTED TO 371 00:15:56,855 --> 00:15:59,291 ECHO THAT SENTIMENT AND THANK 372 00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:01,126 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 373 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:01,627 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 374 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:02,461 PRIORITIZING FUNDING FOR THE 375 00:16:02,461 --> 00:16:03,028 ARTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 376 00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:05,097 WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON THIS. 377 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:06,231 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I JUST 378 00:16:06,231 --> 00:16:06,865 REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS THAT 379 00:16:06,865 --> 00:16:08,467 YOU'RE BRINGING TO OUR ARTS AND 380 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:09,969 CULTURAL SECTOR. I'M EXCITED 381 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,070 AND PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON 382 00:16:11,070 --> 00:16:12,004 THIS. THANK YOU. 383 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:14,974 -- THANK YOU. FURTHER 384 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:15,908 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 385 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:17,209 -- IF I'M ABLE TO SAY ONE LAST 386 00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:19,345 THING, I DO WANT TO THANK. 387 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:21,113 -- 00000 FINAL DISCUSSION. 388 00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:23,382 SORRY. ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? 389 00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:24,450 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AS SPONSOR OF 390 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:25,751 THE AMENDMENT YOU HAVE LAST 391 00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:26,418 WORD. I APOLOGIZE. YOU HAVE THE. 392 00:16:26,418 --> 00:16:27,252 -- LAST WORD. THANK YOU, CHAIR, 393 00:16:27,252 --> 00:16:29,188 FOR THE PROPOSAL. I DO WANT TO 394 00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:29,989 TAKE THIS TIME. AND I SAID IT 395 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:31,090 BEFORE THANKING COUNCILMEMBER 396 00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:32,558 RINCK AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 397 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:33,659 TRYING TO FIGURE SETTLE ON A 398 00:16:33,659 --> 00:16:36,295 NUMBER. AND THEN ALSO, LIKE 399 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:38,163 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER SAID, AND 400 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:38,731 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK GIVING 401 00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:40,232 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE THE 402 00:16:40,232 --> 00:16:42,134 FLEXIBILITY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH 403 00:16:42,134 --> 00:16:43,635 PROGRAMING IN LIGHT ITEMS THIS 404 00:16:43,635 --> 00:16:44,636 NEEDED. SO WE WE KIND OF WROTE 405 00:16:44,636 --> 00:16:47,539 IT. SO IT'S A FAIR A LOT 406 00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:48,173 FLEXIBLE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR 407 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:49,008 YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. 408 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,209 -- THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE 409 00:16:50,209 --> 00:16:55,447 TO CO-SPONSOR ARTS TWO, A ONE, 410 00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:59,218 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 411 00:16:59,218 --> 00:17:04,556 TIME. READY, SET ADDING COUNCIL 412 00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:06,458 PRESIDENT EMERITUS JUAREZ AND 413 00:17:06,458 --> 00:17:07,893 COUNCILMEMBER LIN TO ARTS TWO A 414 00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:08,827 ONE. 415 00:17:08,827 --> 00:17:10,262 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND LIN. 416 00:17:10,262 --> 00:17:12,097 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ARTS 417 00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:13,899 THREE, A ONE. 418 00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:15,567 -- ARTS THREE A WOULD INCREASE 419 00:17:15,567 --> 00:17:18,237 ARTS BY 75,000 GENERAL FUND IN 420 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:19,671 2027 AND IN 2028 FOR A PUBLIC 421 00:17:19,671 --> 00:17:21,874 EVENT CELEBRATING THE AFRICAN 422 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:22,908 AMERICAN COMMUNITY, SUCH AS 423 00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:23,976 UMOJA FEST, IT WOULD IMPOSE A 424 00:17:23,976 --> 00:17:25,044 PROVISO SO THE FUNDS COULD BE 425 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,379 SPENT FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE. 426 00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:29,748 SPONSORS ARE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 427 00:17:29,748 --> 00:17:30,382 HOLLINGSWORTH AND CO-SPONSORED 428 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:30,916 BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 429 00:17:30,916 --> 00:17:31,150 RIVERA. 430 00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:32,851 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 431 00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:33,419 THE SPONSOR. THE PROPOSAL. 432 00:17:33,419 --> 00:17:34,453 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 433 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:37,322 -- THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU IN 434 00:17:37,322 --> 00:17:38,957 ADVANCE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 435 00:17:38,957 --> 00:17:39,591 YOUR COSPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT 436 00:17:39,591 --> 00:17:41,794 ON THIS. AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER 437 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:43,996 RIVERA AS WELL. COLLEAGUES, A 438 00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:45,464 MOSH FEST IS AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL 439 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:47,132 AND PARADE THAT CELEBRATES 440 00:17:47,132 --> 00:17:49,368 SEATTLE'S BLACK COMMUNITY, RICH 441 00:17:49,368 --> 00:17:51,303 HISTORIC HERITAGE AND UNIFYING, 442 00:17:51,303 --> 00:17:51,904 CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN 443 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:54,073 COMMUNITY AND AFRICAN DIASPORA 444 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:56,108 COMMUNITY. THIS THIS FESTIVAL 445 00:17:56,108 --> 00:18:00,279 STARTED IN 1940s, AND IT'S ALSO 446 00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:02,181 THE. CREDITED AS THE INSPIRATION 447 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:03,715 BEHIND SEAFAIR. SO IT'S A TWO 448 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:04,683 DAY FESTIVAL. AND I THINK 449 00:18:04,683 --> 00:18:05,818 WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT 450 00:18:05,818 --> 00:18:07,186 STARTED OUT AT GARFIELD 451 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:09,087 COMMUNITY CENTER. IT MOVED TO 452 00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:10,856 JUDKINS PARK FIELD. THE REASON 453 00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:13,125 WHY I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD 454 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:15,427 CONTINUE TO FUND AND INVEST THIS 455 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:17,329 PROGRAM TWO YEARS AGO, WITH 456 00:18:17,329 --> 00:18:18,397 PARTICIPATORY BUDGET, WE WERE 457 00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:19,164 ABLE TO SHIFT FUNDS TO BE ABLE 458 00:18:19,164 --> 00:18:21,200 TO FUND DIFFERENT CULTURAL 459 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,568 EVENTS. ONE OF THOSE EVENTS WAS 460 00:18:22,568 --> 00:18:25,838 MOJA FEST, AND MOJO FEST HAS 461 00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:28,006 ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT EVENT, BUT 462 00:18:28,006 --> 00:18:30,542 WHEN WE INVESTED IN THAT 463 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:32,478 PROGRAM, THEY HAD OVER 20,000 464 00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:34,546 PEOPLE THAT ENJOYED A FREE 465 00:18:34,546 --> 00:18:36,348 FESTIVAL OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD, 466 00:18:36,348 --> 00:18:37,649 20,000 PEOPLE. AND LAST YEAR, 467 00:18:37,649 --> 00:18:39,618 THEY BROKE RECORDS. THIS PAST 468 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,786 SUMMER, THEY BROKE RECORDS AGAIN 469 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:42,154 BECAUSE THEY DO A FREE FESTIVAL, 470 00:18:42,154 --> 00:18:43,956 THEY DO A PARADE, AND THEY ALSO 471 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:47,059 DO A TWO DAY CONCERT IN THE PARK 472 00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:47,993 AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS 473 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:49,461 THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT 474 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:50,963 TO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC 475 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,231 SAFETY, AND I WAS ASKING PEOPLE 476 00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:53,599 ABOUT WHY SOME OF THESE 477 00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:54,933 FESTIVALS ARE IMPORTANT THAT 478 00:18:54,933 --> 00:18:56,869 THEY DO IS BECAUSE THEY'RE 479 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:58,704 MULTIGENERATIONAL. THEY BRING 480 00:18:58,704 --> 00:18:59,738 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAMILIES. THE 481 00:18:59,738 --> 00:19:01,740 GRANDMA, THE AUNTIE, MULTI 482 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:02,307 GENERATIONS TO THESE EVENTS 483 00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:03,909 WHERE THERE'S NEVER A PUBLIC 484 00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:05,811 SAFETY ISSUE, THERE'S ALWAYS 485 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,346 HAPPINESS, THERE'S ALWAYS 486 00:19:07,346 --> 00:19:08,881 COMMUNITY, THERE'S ALWAYS 487 00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:10,415 CONNECTION, AND IT'S ALWAYS 488 00:19:10,415 --> 00:19:11,650 SAFE TO BE ABLE TO BE AT THESE 489 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:12,885 EVENTS. AND SO I THINK IT'S 490 00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:14,453 SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD 491 00:19:14,453 --> 00:19:16,021 CONTINUE TO INVEST IN. AND THIS 492 00:19:16,021 --> 00:19:17,789 WOULD MAKE IT A THIS WOULD BE 493 00:19:17,789 --> 00:19:21,593 ABLE TO MAKE A MOJO FEST 494 00:19:21,593 --> 00:19:22,461 CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED BECAUSE 495 00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:24,963 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD 496 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:25,497 CELEBRATE. SO THANK YOU, 497 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:26,131 COLLEAGUES, IN ADVANCE. I KNOW 498 00:19:26,131 --> 00:19:27,165 WE ALL I HAVE A LOT OF ASKS 499 00:19:27,165 --> 00:19:28,233 HERE. SO THANK YOU. 500 00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:29,735 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 501 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:30,702 FOSTER ANYTHING TO ADD? NOT AT 502 00:19:30,702 --> 00:19:33,138 THIS TIME. I SEE DISCUSSION 503 00:19:33,138 --> 00:19:35,173 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. OLD HAND. 504 00:19:35,173 --> 00:19:38,043 OLD HAND. FURTHER DISCUSSION, 505 00:19:38,043 --> 00:19:40,078 FURTHER DISCUSSION. FINAL 506 00:19:40,078 --> 00:19:42,614 DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 507 00:19:42,614 --> 00:19:47,953 CO-SPONSOR ARTS THREE, A ONE, 508 00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:51,089 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 509 00:19:51,089 --> 00:19:55,093 TIME. READY? SET. ADDING TO ARTS 510 00:19:55,093 --> 00:19:57,996 THREE A ONE R COUNCILMEMBERS 511 00:19:57,996 --> 00:19:58,764 RINCK AND LIN. 512 00:19:58,764 --> 00:19:59,765 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. RINCK AND 513 00:19:59,765 --> 00:19:59,965 LIN. 514 00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:02,534 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ARTS 515 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:04,403 FOUR A ONE. 516 00:20:04,403 --> 00:20:05,571 -- ARTS FOUR A WOULD INCREASE 517 00:20:05,571 --> 00:20:08,106 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE BY 518 00:20:08,106 --> 00:20:09,241 200,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 ON 519 00:20:09,241 --> 00:20:10,442 A ONE TIME BASIS FOR CREATIVE 520 00:20:10,442 --> 00:20:12,244 MARKETPLACE SUPPORTING THE 521 00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:13,445 BROADER CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM SUCH 522 00:20:13,445 --> 00:20:15,113 AS ON THE BLOCK. IT'S SPONSORED 523 00:20:15,113 --> 00:20:15,581 BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 524 00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:16,982 HOLLINGSWORTH AND CO-SPONSORED 525 00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:18,917 BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 526 00:20:18,917 --> 00:20:19,151 JUAREZ. 527 00:20:19,151 --> 00:20:20,385 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLOOR IS 528 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:20,619 YOURS. 529 00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:21,920 -- I'M BACK. THANK YOU 530 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:22,955 COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. CHAIR. I 531 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:24,323 KNOW, I'M SORRY. WE JUST HAD TO 532 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:27,292 DO IT. OKAY. I JUST, YOU KNOW, 533 00:20:27,292 --> 00:20:28,727 WE HAD TO ASK. OKAY. YOU CLOSED 534 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:30,762 MOUTH DOESN'T GET FED. 535 00:20:30,762 --> 00:20:32,664 COLLEAGUES, LISTEN, TWO YEARS 536 00:20:32,664 --> 00:20:34,967 AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND ON THE 537 00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:37,636 BLOCK FOR MURALS THAT WENT TO 538 00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:38,904 SPECIFICALLY TO CAPITOL HILL WAS 539 00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:39,571 SUPPOSED TO BE TEN MURALS, BUT 540 00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:43,442 IT TURNED OUT TO BE FIVE MASSIVE 541 00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:43,942 ONES ALL THROUGHOUT THE 542 00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:45,544 DISTRICT, WHICH IS PRETTY 543 00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:48,513 AMAZING. AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO 544 00:20:48,513 --> 00:20:50,015 BECAUSE THEY DID A PHENOMENAL 545 00:20:50,015 --> 00:20:50,816 JOB OF CULTIVATING ARTISTS. THEY 546 00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:52,851 WOULD HOST FREE OUTDOOR CREATIVE 547 00:20:52,851 --> 00:20:55,320 MARKET. THIS IS ON PIKE PINE 548 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,855 CORRIDOR. THIS BRINGS ARTISTS, 549 00:20:56,855 --> 00:20:57,422 MUSIC AND VENDORS INTO THE 550 00:20:57,422 --> 00:20:59,658 NEIGHBORHOOD. IT SUPPORTS 60 551 00:20:59,658 --> 00:21:01,560 RESIDENT ARTISTS IN THE BROADER 552 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,894 CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM, WITH SPACES 553 00:21:02,894 --> 00:21:04,196 AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL 554 00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:05,897 ARTISTS. THEY'RE RIGHT THERE, 555 00:21:05,897 --> 00:21:06,765 JUST OFF 11th AVENUE IN THEIR 556 00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:10,102 OWN SPACE. THESE RESIDENT 557 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:10,736 ARTISTS PROVIDE OVER 3000 HOURS 558 00:21:10,736 --> 00:21:12,638 OF FREE CREATIVE PROGRAMING IN 559 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:15,307 THE AREA AND THEIR MARKETPLACE 560 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:17,776 INCREASES. LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS 561 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:20,078 VISIBILITY AND FOOT TRAFFIC BY 562 00:21:20,078 --> 00:21:23,982 ABOUT 70% ON EVENT DAYS. I ALSO 563 00:21:23,982 --> 00:21:24,449 WANT TO THANK THE TWO 564 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:26,585 CO-SPONSORS ON THIS 565 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:27,219 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA TO MY RIGHT 566 00:21:27,219 --> 00:21:29,421 AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TO 567 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:30,722 MY LEFT AS WELL. THANK YOU 568 00:21:30,722 --> 00:21:31,590 COLLEAGUES IN ADVANCE. I KNOW 569 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:34,126 YOU SUPPORT IT, SO I, I ALSO 570 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:35,127 KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T 571 00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:36,061 CO-SPONSOR, I GET IT, BUT I JUST 572 00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:37,195 WANT TO THANK YOU ALL IN 573 00:21:37,195 --> 00:21:38,764 ADVANCE. I KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT 574 00:21:38,764 --> 00:21:40,198 THE ARTS. THANK YOU. 575 00:21:40,198 --> 00:21:40,766 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 576 00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:41,600 FOSTER ANYTHING TO ADD? NOT AT 577 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,669 THIS TIME. DISCUSSION. 578 00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:47,839 COUNCILMEMBER LIN 579 00:21:47,839 --> 00:21:51,176 -- OH, SORRY. NO 580 00:21:51,176 --> 00:21:55,847 -- YOU. OH, SORRY. COLLEAGUES. 581 00:21:55,847 --> 00:21:56,415 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 582 00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:57,783 DISCUSSION. FINAL DISCUSSION. IF 583 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:00,452 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 584 00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:04,723 ARTS FOR A ONE, PLEASE RAISE 585 00:22:04,723 --> 00:22:11,596 YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. READY? 586 00:22:11,596 --> 00:22:12,230 SET. ADDING COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 587 00:22:12,230 --> 00:22:15,233 TO. 588 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:15,867 -- 4SA1 AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 589 00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:18,103 -- SORRY ARTS FOR A ONE. NO S 590 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:20,939 THERE, BUT WE ARE MOVING ON TO 591 00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:22,974 ARTS FIVE A ONE. 592 00:22:22,974 --> 00:22:25,944 -- ARTS FIVE A. THIS COUNCIL 593 00:22:25,944 --> 00:22:28,413 BUDGET ACTION WOULD DECREASE 594 00:22:28,413 --> 00:22:30,449 $1.7 MILLION IN ADMISSION TAX 595 00:22:30,449 --> 00:22:31,683 SUPPORTED APPROPRIATIONS IN THE 596 00:22:31,683 --> 00:22:33,985 SEATTLE CENTER AND SEATTLE PARKS 597 00:22:33,985 --> 00:22:36,054 AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN 598 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:38,256 2027 AND 2028, AN INCREASE IN 599 00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:40,092 EQUIVALENT AMOUNT AMOUNT OF 600 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:42,594 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT TO THOSE 601 00:22:42,594 --> 00:22:45,797 DEPARTMENTS, FREEING UP $1.7 602 00:22:45,797 --> 00:22:47,599 MILLION IN ADMISSION, TAX 603 00:22:47,599 --> 00:22:48,166 SUPPORTED RESOURCES IN THE 604 00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:49,801 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO 605 00:22:49,801 --> 00:22:51,503 SUPPORT THE CENTERING ART AND 606 00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:54,706 RACIAL EQUITY GRANT PROGRAM. 607 00:22:54,706 --> 00:22:56,808 THIS IS SPONSORED BY 608 00:22:56,808 --> 00:22:59,177 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 609 00:22:59,177 --> 00:22:59,811 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 610 00:22:59,811 --> 00:23:01,213 KETTLE AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 611 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:02,881 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 612 00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:04,116 FOSTER. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 613 00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:05,550 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 614 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:07,486 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO 615 00:23:07,486 --> 00:23:08,019 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 616 00:23:08,019 --> 00:23:10,021 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR YOUR 617 00:23:10,021 --> 00:23:10,522 CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THIS 618 00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:11,690 AMENDMENT. COLLEAGUES, I'M 619 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:12,958 BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR A 620 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:16,027 COUPLE OF REASONS, AND I KNOW 621 00:23:16,027 --> 00:23:16,561 COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALREADY 622 00:23:16,561 --> 00:23:18,063 TOUCHED ON THAT. SO I THINK THAT 623 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:20,031 WAS SUCH A PERFECT OPENING IN 624 00:23:20,031 --> 00:23:21,466 TERMS OF THE ADMISSIONS TAX. BUT 625 00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:23,301 I WANT TO SHARE, IF YOU WERE 626 00:23:23,301 --> 00:23:26,271 LOOKING AT THE OCTOBER 2026 627 00:23:26,271 --> 00:23:29,241 BASELINE FORECAST, IT PROJECTS 628 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,710 $2.2 MILLION LESS IN ADMISSIONS 629 00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:33,945 TAX REVENUE ACROSS 2026 TO 2028 630 00:23:33,945 --> 00:23:35,781 THAN WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED IN THE 631 00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:37,849 PREVIOUS BUDGET. THAT INCLUDES 632 00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:41,987 REDUCTIONS OF 800,000 IN 2027 633 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:43,555 AND 900,000 IN 2028. THAT MEANS 634 00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:46,691 THAT THE ADMISSIONS TAX REVENUES 635 00:23:46,691 --> 00:23:48,860 WOULD FALL $6.7 MILLION BELOW 636 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:50,962 THE PROPOSED BUDGET PROJECTIONS 637 00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:52,030 OVER THREE YEARS, AND ALL OF 638 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:52,764 THOSE ARE JUST NUMBERS IN A WAY. 639 00:23:52,764 --> 00:23:54,966 BUT REALLY, WHAT I WANT TO 640 00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:56,902 HIGHLIGHT IS WE'RE SEEING A 641 00:23:56,902 --> 00:23:59,037 DECLINE IN AD TAX REVENUE THAT 642 00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:00,906 WAS PROJECTED FROM THE CITY, 643 00:24:00,906 --> 00:24:02,073 RIGHT? SO WHAT WE THOUGHT WE 644 00:24:02,073 --> 00:24:03,742 WERE GOING TO GET, WHAT WE'RE 645 00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:04,476 NOW SEEING IS COMING IN A LITTLE 646 00:24:04,476 --> 00:24:06,311 BIT LOWER THAN OUR PREVIOUS 647 00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:07,646 PROJECTION. AND ULTIMATELY, 648 00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:09,047 THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT 649 00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:10,916 ON THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 650 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:12,551 CULTURE. SO THIS AMENDMENT, WHAT 651 00:24:12,551 --> 00:24:13,985 I'M PUTTING FORWARD, DOESN'T 652 00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:17,189 ADDRESS THAT LONG TERM NEED. 653 00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:17,823 COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL 654 00:24:17,823 --> 00:24:18,557 DOES THAT. AND I'M REALLY 655 00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:19,524 LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE 656 00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:20,659 RESULTS OF THAT. BUT WHAT I AM 657 00:24:20,659 --> 00:24:23,261 PUTTING FORWARD IS AN AMENDMENT 658 00:24:23,261 --> 00:24:24,329 THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THE 659 00:24:24,329 --> 00:24:27,699 AD TAX REVENUE RETURN TO THE 660 00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:29,634 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, 661 00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:31,470 RATHER THAN SUPPORTING PROGRAMS 662 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:32,871 IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON AN 663 00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:34,406 ONGOING BASIS. WHAT THIS IS NOT 664 00:24:34,406 --> 00:24:36,908 IS A COMMENTARY ON THE VALUE OF 665 00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:38,610 THE PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE AND IN 666 00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:40,579 PARKS. THERE ARE SOME FANTASTIC 667 00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:42,714 PROGRAMS OUT THERE, INCLUDING 668 00:24:42,714 --> 00:24:44,282 FESTAL, THAT I THINK ARE REALLY 669 00:24:44,282 --> 00:24:45,951 IMPORTANT ADS FOR OUR CITY. BUT 670 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,652 WHAT IT IS, IS AN EFFORT TO 671 00:24:47,652 --> 00:24:49,321 ENSURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING THE 672 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:51,823 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE 673 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,058 BUDGET WHOLE IN A TIME WHEN 674 00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:54,893 WE'RE SEEING A CHANGE IN 675 00:24:54,893 --> 00:24:56,862 REVENUE PROJECTIONS OVER TIME. 676 00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:58,630 WHAT I AM HOPEFUL FOR IS US 677 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:00,799 GETTING ON A PATH WITH A 678 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:01,333 SUSTAINABLE AND CITYWIDE 679 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,902 APPROACH TO ARTS FUNDING, 680 00:25:03,902 --> 00:25:04,736 PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE 681 00:25:04,736 --> 00:25:06,238 IMPORTANT ROLE THAT ARTS PLAYS 682 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:07,806 IN EMPLOYMENT, CULTURE, CREATIVE 683 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:09,841 SPACE, MAKING, PUBLIC SAFETY ALL 684 00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:12,410 OF THE THINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE 685 00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:14,112 ALREADY STATED. I WILL ALSO 686 00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:16,281 NOTE, OUTSIDE OF THE PROPOSED $3 687 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:17,616 MILLION ONE TIME AD, IF WE 688 00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:19,251 DON'T COUNT THAT THE PROPOSED 689 00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:20,585 ADS TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 690 00:25:20,585 --> 00:25:23,989 CULTURE FROM INDEPENDENT 691 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:25,624 COLLEAGUES TODAY ADDS $1.3 692 00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:27,559 MILLION, WHICH I THINK INDICATES 693 00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:28,627 THE OVERALL SUPPORT FOR THE 694 00:25:28,627 --> 00:25:30,161 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. MY 695 00:25:30,161 --> 00:25:30,896 GOAL HERE IS TO JUST MAKE SURE 696 00:25:30,896 --> 00:25:32,430 THAT WE'RE KEEPING THEM WHOLE 697 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:33,365 WITH THE ADMISSIONS TAX. SO, 698 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:33,965 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 699 00:25:33,965 --> 00:25:35,600 SUPPORT. 700 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,570 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, 701 00:25:38,570 --> 00:25:41,473 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 702 00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:44,376 DISCUSSION? FINAL DISCUSSION. IF 703 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,077 YOU'D LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR ARTS 704 00:25:46,077 --> 00:25:48,847 FIVE A ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 705 00:25:48,847 --> 00:25:54,386 HAND AT THIS TIME. ARE WE READY? 706 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:56,121 SET. ADDING COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 707 00:25:56,121 --> 00:25:56,755 HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCILMEMBER 708 00:25:56,755 --> 00:25:59,457 LIN TO ARTS FIVE A ONE. 709 00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:00,091 -- COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH 710 00:26:00,091 --> 00:26:00,592 AND LIN. 711 00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:03,194 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ARTS 712 00:26:03,194 --> 00:26:04,596 SIX A ONE. 713 00:26:04,596 --> 00:26:05,964 -- ART SIX A WOULD INCREASE 714 00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:08,199 APPROPRIATIONS TO ARTS AND 715 00:26:08,199 --> 00:26:11,369 CULTURE BY 150,000 GENERAL FUND 716 00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:12,404 IN 2027, AND 85,000 IN 2028 ON A 717 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:13,672 ONE TIME BASIS FOR A FREE ART 718 00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:15,240 WALL IN DELRIDGE, INCLUDING 719 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,975 YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND LOCAL ARTIST 720 00:26:16,975 --> 00:26:18,843 STEWARDSHIP. IT'S SPONSORED BY 721 00:26:18,843 --> 00:26:19,711 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 722 00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:21,479 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS, 723 00:26:21,479 --> 00:26:21,980 LIN AND HOLLINGSWORTH. 724 00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:23,148 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 725 00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:24,916 SPONSOR. THE PROPOSAL. YOU ARE 726 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:26,618 RECOGNIZED. 727 00:26:26,618 --> 00:26:27,619 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND 728 00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:29,321 I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE A 729 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:29,955 PAGE OUT OF COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 730 00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:32,123 BOOK FOR THIS ONE, BECAUSE AS I 731 00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:35,293 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, TODAY IS 732 00:26:35,293 --> 00:26:36,962 DELRIDGE DAY AT CITY HALL, AND I 733 00:26:36,962 --> 00:26:38,630 CLEARLY CAME DRESSED FOR THE 734 00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:42,267 OCCASION STRAIGHT OUT OF 735 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,836 DELRIDGE. EVERYONE KNOWS 736 00:26:44,836 --> 00:26:48,974 DELRIDGE HAS BEEN FOR TOO OFTEN 737 00:26:48,974 --> 00:26:51,142 OVERLOOKED AND AS PART OF A 738 00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:52,644 SUSTAINED BROADER STRATEGY OF MY 739 00:26:52,644 --> 00:26:54,079 OFFICE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD 740 00:26:54,079 --> 00:26:55,947 TO HELP REVERSE THAT. THIS IS 741 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:58,550 PART OF THAT EFFORT. TODAY. WE 742 00:26:58,550 --> 00:27:00,118 WANT TO DO MORE THAN JUST PUT 743 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:01,753 DELRIDGE BACK ON THE MAP. WE 744 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:05,357 WANT TO LITERALLY PUT IT ON 745 00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:07,525 CANVAS. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD 746 00:27:07,525 --> 00:27:10,695 CREATE THE CITY'S FIRST EVER 747 00:27:10,695 --> 00:27:12,464 CITY MANAGED LEGAL COMMUNITY ART 748 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:15,533 WALL, WITH YOUTH WORKSHOPS, 749 00:27:15,533 --> 00:27:17,902 LOCAL ARTIST STEWARDSHIP AND 750 00:27:17,902 --> 00:27:20,872 CLEAR RULES THAT SUPPORT 751 00:27:20,872 --> 00:27:24,275 CREATIVITY WHILE REDUCING 752 00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:25,043 UNWANTED GRAFFITI. I WANT TO 753 00:27:25,043 --> 00:27:28,113 GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO 754 00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:30,949 RENOWNED PROMINENT WEST SEATTLE 755 00:27:30,949 --> 00:27:33,051 ARTIST DESMOND HANSEN 756 00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:36,321 COLLEAGUES. AS YOU, AS YOU 757 00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:37,822 PROBABLY KNOW, DESMOND HELPED 758 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:39,824 BRING THIS IDEA TO LIFE, AND HIS 759 00:27:39,824 --> 00:27:43,561 WORK HAS ALREADY TRANSFORMED 760 00:27:43,561 --> 00:27:48,633 MANY MURALS. ART WALLS, UTILITY 761 00:27:48,633 --> 00:27:51,403 BOXES INTO LANDMARKS OF 762 00:27:51,403 --> 00:27:52,070 COMMUNITY PRIDE. INDEED, JUST A 763 00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:55,840 FEW DAYS AGO, SOME OF HIS WORK 764 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,010 WAS FEATURED NATIONALLY ON 765 00:27:59,010 --> 00:28:00,745 NATIONAL TV THROUGH THE PRIME 766 00:28:00,745 --> 00:28:02,947 TIME GAME OF THE SEAHAWKS. SO 767 00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:07,185 SHOUT OUT TO DESMOND HANSEN. 768 00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:09,754 HERE'S A SIMPLE IDEA INSTEAD OF 769 00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:10,255 ENDLESSLY PAINTING OVER 770 00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:13,124 CREATIVITY, LET US GIVE 771 00:28:13,124 --> 00:28:15,527 CREATIVITY A LEGITIMATE CANVAS. 772 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:18,096 THIS CAN TURN A GRAFFITI 773 00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:22,400 CHALLENGE INTO AN ARTS PIPELINE 774 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:27,505 CONNECTING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH 775 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:30,275 ESTABLISHED ARTISTS AND GIVING 776 00:28:30,275 --> 00:28:33,311 DELRIDGE A DESTINATION THAT 777 00:28:33,311 --> 00:28:35,814 EVOLVES AND ENDURES OVER TIME 778 00:28:35,814 --> 00:28:38,083 SEVERAL CREDIBLE. THERE ARE 779 00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:42,120 SEVERAL CREDIBLE RESEARCH 780 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,721 PROJECTS, INCLUDING AN OFTEN 781 00:28:43,721 --> 00:28:45,857 CITED STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF 782 00:28:45,857 --> 00:28:47,792 PENNSYLVANIA. EXTRA FANCY. THE 783 00:28:47,792 --> 00:28:49,094 IVY LEAGUE STUDY SHOWED THAT 784 00:28:49,094 --> 00:28:51,963 PUBLIC ART AND COMMUNITY MURAL 785 00:28:51,963 --> 00:28:54,466 PROGRAMS REDUCE OVERALL 786 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:56,568 NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY CRIME BY 787 00:28:56,568 --> 00:29:03,441 UP TO 42% 42%. IN ADDITION, SOME 788 00:29:03,441 --> 00:29:06,010 SMALLER LOCALIZED STUDIES HAVE 789 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:08,113 SUGGESTED THAT COMMUNITY MURAL 790 00:29:08,113 --> 00:29:10,515 PROGRAMS MAY REDUCE VANDALISM BY 791 00:29:10,515 --> 00:29:14,385 AS MUCH AS 95% 95% COUNCILMEMBER 792 00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:17,322 LIN. I'M LOOKING AT YOU 95%. 793 00:29:17,322 --> 00:29:19,991 YOUR CO-SPONSOR OF THIS, AND I 794 00:29:19,991 --> 00:29:21,593 THANK YOU. THOUGH THIS FIGURE 795 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:23,495 HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY LARGE 796 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:25,663 SCALE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, 797 00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:29,434 THERE'S MY STANDARD DISCLAIMER. 798 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:32,637 NONETHELESS, SUBSTANTIAL 799 00:29:32,637 --> 00:29:33,138 ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE FROM 800 00:29:33,138 --> 00:29:35,974 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 801 00:29:35,974 --> 00:29:39,344 STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT THERE'S A 802 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:41,713 TIGHT CORRELATION BETWEEN 803 00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:42,347 COMMUNITY MURAL PROGRAMS AND A 804 00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:43,581 REDUCTION IN VANDALISM. 805 00:29:43,581 --> 00:29:44,983 ACTUALLY, YOU HEARD IT FROM 806 00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:46,117 DESMOND HIMSELF THE OTHER DAY 807 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:49,921 AGO. HE'S BEEN A MURALIST ARTIST 808 00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:51,055 SINCE HE WAS YOUNG. IF HE HAD 809 00:29:51,055 --> 00:29:52,323 THESE KIND OF THINGS AROUND WHEN 810 00:29:52,323 --> 00:29:54,692 HE WAS YOUNG, HE PROBABLY 811 00:29:54,692 --> 00:29:58,163 WOULDN'T HAVE ENGAGED IN SOME 812 00:29:58,163 --> 00:30:03,668 UNWANTED GRAFFITI ACTIVITY. SO I 813 00:30:03,668 --> 00:30:06,571 ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY AND CORRECT 814 00:30:06,571 --> 00:30:09,440 THE THE PUBLISHED RECORD, THE 815 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:10,909 PUBLISHED FUNDING SPLIT. RATHER, 816 00:30:10,909 --> 00:30:15,146 MY INTENT IS ACTUALLY TO PROPOSE 817 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:17,782 235,000 IN 2027 AND ANOTHER 818 00:30:17,782 --> 00:30:21,152 235,000 IN 2028, NOT THAT TOTAL 819 00:30:21,152 --> 00:30:22,520 ACROSS TWO YEARS. I THINK, 820 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,322 COLLEAGUES, THIS INVESTMENT IS 821 00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:25,156 IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF 822 00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:27,458 REASONS, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT 823 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:30,995 OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 824 00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:31,629 REDUCTIONS, $500,000 REDUCTIONS 825 00:30:31,629 --> 00:30:33,865 IN THE TOTAL CITYWIDE GRAFFITI 826 00:30:33,865 --> 00:30:38,136 ABATEMENT BUDGET. THIS IS NOT A 827 00:30:38,136 --> 00:30:40,738 BLANK WALL OR A BLANK CHECK. IT 828 00:30:40,738 --> 00:30:43,441 IS A MANAGED COMMUNITY CENTERED 829 00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:46,511 INVESTMENT AND YOUTH PUBLIC 830 00:30:46,511 --> 00:30:49,047 SPACE. AND THE DELRIDGE 831 00:30:49,047 --> 00:30:51,015 IDENTITY. LET US REPLACE GRAY 832 00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:54,152 WALLS WITH COLOR, CONNECTION AND 833 00:30:54,152 --> 00:30:56,955 PRIDE AND I KNOW ONE THING IS 834 00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:59,557 CLEAR WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF 835 00:30:59,557 --> 00:31:00,925 EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY ABOUT THE 836 00:31:00,925 --> 00:31:03,061 NEED TO FURTHER INVEST IN OUR 837 00:31:03,061 --> 00:31:04,829 LOCAL ARTS CULTURAL SCENE HERE 838 00:31:04,829 --> 00:31:07,465 IN SEATTLE, THEREBY 839 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:08,032 STRENGTHENING OUR CREATIVE 840 00:31:08,032 --> 00:31:12,437 ECONOMY AND MY OFFICE. I'M 841 00:31:12,437 --> 00:31:15,340 PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE TO 842 00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:16,674 SUPPORT THE DELRIDGE COMMUNITY 843 00:31:16,674 --> 00:31:17,475 OVER THE YEARS, NOT JUST BECAUSE 844 00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:19,077 I HAPPEN TO HAVE 2 OR 3 STAFFERS 845 00:31:19,077 --> 00:31:21,079 THAT HAPPEN TO BE DELRIDGE 846 00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:22,947 RESIDENTS. SO SHOUT OUT TO 847 00:31:22,947 --> 00:31:25,884 MICHAEL AND BRENDAN. WE'VE DONE 848 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,253 THINGS LIKE SECURED FUNDING TO 849 00:31:28,253 --> 00:31:30,955 CONSTRUCT AT LEAST 12 BLOCKS OF 850 00:31:30,955 --> 00:31:32,957 NEW SIDEWALKS IN DELRIDGE, 851 00:31:32,957 --> 00:31:35,126 INCLUDING ALONG SOUTHWEST 852 00:31:35,126 --> 00:31:36,628 BRANDON. WE SECURE COMMITMENTS 853 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:39,831 FROM CITY LIGHT TO INSTALL BRAND 854 00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:42,033 NEW TRAFFIC OR EXCUSE ME, 855 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:44,269 STREETLIGHTS, STREET LIGHT 856 00:31:44,269 --> 00:31:46,037 UPGRADES IN CRITICAL AREAS THAT 857 00:31:46,037 --> 00:31:48,239 ARE IN NEED, INCLUDING FIRST 858 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:49,107 EVER STREET LIGHTS AND GREG 859 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:51,075 DAVIS PARK. WE'VE SEEN ALREADY 860 00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:55,179 A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF GUN 861 00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:55,747 GUN VIOLENCE INCIDENTS OVER 862 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:59,584 THERE. THAT AND MORE IN THIS 863 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:02,887 HELPS US CONTINUE IN OUR 864 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:06,691 INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT DELRIDGE 865 00:32:06,691 --> 00:32:08,793 COLLEAGUES. I'M ASKING YOU TO 866 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:10,795 NOT BE STINGY WITH RAISING YOUR 867 00:32:10,795 --> 00:32:15,033 HAND IN JUST A MOMENT. PLEASE 868 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:16,534 SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE, AND I 869 00:32:16,534 --> 00:32:21,606 WANT TO THANK AGAIN MY 870 00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:22,140 COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUES, 871 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:22,774 COUNCILMEMBERS LIN AND COUNCIL 872 00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:23,374 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH YOUR 873 00:32:23,374 --> 00:32:25,009 NAME. YOU ARE A TRUE CHAMPION OF 874 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:26,511 ARTS FUNDING IN THIS CITY 875 00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:27,545 BECAUSE YOUR NAME IS EITHER 876 00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:30,715 LISTED AS THE PRIME SPONSOR OR 877 00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:31,683 CO-SPONSOR FOR ALL BUT 1 OR 2 OF 878 00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:34,018 THESE THINGS. SO YOU ARE THE 879 00:32:34,018 --> 00:32:35,186 TRUE CHAMPION OF ARTS IN OUR 880 00:32:35,186 --> 00:32:37,155 COMMUNITY. BUT I WANT TO THANK 881 00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:39,757 YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND 882 00:32:39,757 --> 00:32:41,392 COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, ASKING FOR 883 00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:42,860 YOUR SUPPORT. WHEN WHEN THE 884 00:32:42,860 --> 00:32:45,763 CHAIR ASKED FOR CO-SPONSORS OF 885 00:32:45,763 --> 00:32:47,732 THIS INITIATIVE IN JUST A 886 00:32:47,732 --> 00:32:49,667 MOMENT, AND I'M AND THEREBY 887 00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:52,770 ASKING YOU TO INVEST IN A PROVEN 888 00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:55,707 GRAFFITI ABATEMENT STRATEGY, 889 00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:57,742 INVEST IN OUR LOCAL ARTS AND 890 00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:00,878 CULTURAL SCENE, INVEST IN 891 00:33:00,878 --> 00:33:03,014 CREATIVE EXPRESSION, INVEST IN 892 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:05,583 PUBLIC SAFETY, AND INVEST IN 893 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:08,586 DELRIDGE. BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU 894 00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:10,722 THEY DESERVE IT AND SO MUCH 895 00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:12,724 MORE. THANK YOU. 896 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:13,291 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 897 00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:14,025 FOSTER, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 898 00:33:14,025 --> 00:33:14,959 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT. 899 00:33:14,959 --> 00:33:16,294 ANYTHING TO ADD? NOT AT THIS 900 00:33:16,294 --> 00:33:19,330 TIME. COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION. 901 00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:21,199 DISCUSSION. FURTHER DISCUSSION? 902 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:24,202 OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION. FINAL 903 00:33:24,202 --> 00:33:25,870 DISCUSSION. ANY FINAL 904 00:33:25,870 --> 00:33:26,904 DISCUSSION? THIS IS WHEN I'M 905 00:33:26,904 --> 00:33:27,972 ABOUT TO ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR 906 00:33:27,972 --> 00:33:31,709 HAND. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 907 00:33:31,709 --> 00:33:33,945 CO-SPONSOR ART 681, PLEASE RAISE 908 00:33:33,945 --> 00:33:37,582 YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME READY, 909 00:33:37,582 --> 00:33:42,954 SET EVERYONE'S GOOD. ADDING 910 00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:43,588 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND KETTLE 911 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:46,124 TO ARTS. SIX AYE ONE. 912 00:33:46,124 --> 00:33:46,691 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 913 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:46,924 KETTLE. 914 00:33:46,924 --> 00:33:49,360 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ART 915 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,262 SEVEN A ONE. 916 00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:52,163 -- ART SEVEN A WOULD INCREASE 917 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:54,098 OUR OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE 918 00:33:54,098 --> 00:33:55,533 BY 20,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2027, 919 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:57,335 AND THE SAME AMOUNT IN 2028 ON A 920 00:33:57,335 --> 00:33:59,070 ONE TIME BASIS FOR COMMUNITY 921 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:00,905 SERVING MUSIC PROGRAMS, 922 00:34:00,905 --> 00:34:02,273 PROVIDING SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER 923 00:34:02,273 --> 00:34:03,441 ARTS ACCESS SUCH AS MODE MUSIC. 924 00:34:03,441 --> 00:34:05,376 IT'S SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 925 00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:06,978 SAKA AND CO-SPONSORED BY 926 00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:07,478 COUNCILMEMBERS, LIN AND 927 00:34:07,478 --> 00:34:09,847 HOLLINGSWORTH. 928 00:34:09,847 --> 00:34:10,481 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 929 00:34:10,481 --> 00:34:11,282 SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU'RE 930 00:34:11,282 --> 00:34:13,017 RECOGNIZED. 931 00:34:13,017 --> 00:34:14,552 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO THIS 932 00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:18,322 IS A MODE MUSIC YOUTH ACCESS 933 00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:19,957 INVESTMENT, A CHILD'S ACCESS TO 934 00:34:19,957 --> 00:34:21,826 MUSIC SHOULD DEPEND ON TALENT 935 00:34:21,826 --> 00:34:23,895 AND INTERESTS, NOT FAMILY 936 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:26,397 INCOME. SO MODE MUSIC IS A 937 00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:28,232 VIBRANT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS IN 938 00:34:28,232 --> 00:34:30,735 THE DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY 939 00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:32,837 HAVE A NONPROFIT ARM THAT 940 00:34:32,837 --> 00:34:35,807 PROVIDES PROGRAMING AND SUPPORT 941 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:38,076 FOR KIDS IN NEED. SO THIS 942 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:41,479 PROPOSAL PROVIDES $20,000 IN 943 00:34:41,479 --> 00:34:43,514 EACH YEAR FOR COMMUNITY SERVING 944 00:34:43,514 --> 00:34:45,249 MUSIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SUCH 945 00:34:45,249 --> 00:34:48,352 AS MODE MUSIC, THAT OFFER SCHOOL 946 00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:51,489 YEAR AND SUMMER ARTS ACCESS. 947 00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:54,792 MUSIC EDUCATION BUILDS 948 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:57,829 CONFIDENCE, DISCIPLINE, 949 00:34:57,829 --> 00:34:59,497 CREATIVITY, AND BELONGING FOR 950 00:34:59,497 --> 00:35:00,965 SOME YOUNG PEOPLE, AND IT ALSO 951 00:35:00,965 --> 00:35:02,900 CREATES THE FIRST PLACE WHERE 952 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:05,803 THEY FEEL FULLY SEEN. THIS IS A 953 00:35:05,803 --> 00:35:07,805 RELATIVELY SMALL INVESTMENT, BUT 954 00:35:07,805 --> 00:35:11,008 IN A HUGELY IMPACTFUL ONE AS 955 00:35:11,008 --> 00:35:13,978 WELL, WITH A DEEPLY PERSONAL 956 00:35:13,978 --> 00:35:16,247 RETURN. MORE CHILDREN MAKING 957 00:35:16,247 --> 00:35:18,783 MUSIC, FINDING AND BUILDING 958 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:20,384 COMMUNITY AND DISCOVERING WHAT 959 00:35:20,384 --> 00:35:22,420 THEY CAN DO. I ASK FOR YOUR 960 00:35:22,420 --> 00:35:24,589 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 961 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:26,357 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 962 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:27,592 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. ANYTHING 963 00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:30,728 TO ADD AT THIS TIME? COLLEAGUES? 964 00:35:30,728 --> 00:35:32,330 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 965 00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:33,798 FURTHER DISCUSSION. COLLEAGUES. 966 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:36,300 FURTHER DISCUSSION. FINAL 967 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,401 DISCUSSION. ANY FINAL 968 00:35:37,401 --> 00:35:38,636 DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. THIS IS 969 00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:40,338 WHERE I'LL ASK FOR YOUR 970 00:35:40,338 --> 00:35:41,772 CO-SPONSORSHIP. IF YOU WOULD 971 00:35:41,772 --> 00:35:43,808 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR ARTS SEVEN A 972 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:49,714 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 973 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:51,215 THIS TIME. SEEING NONE, WE WILL 974 00:35:51,215 --> 00:35:53,184 MOVE ON. NO CO-SPONSORS TO THIS 975 00:35:53,184 --> 00:35:54,652 ITEM. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ARTS 976 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:56,954 EIGHT, A ONE. 977 00:35:56,954 --> 00:35:58,556 -- ARTS EIGHT A INCREASES THE 978 00:35:58,556 --> 00:36:00,258 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE BY 979 00:36:00,258 --> 00:36:02,159 100,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2027, 980 00:36:02,159 --> 00:36:04,428 AND 100,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2028 981 00:36:04,428 --> 00:36:06,364 ON A ONE TIME BASIS FOR AN 982 00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:07,798 ORGANIZATION PROVIDING ART 983 00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:09,467 INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS TO 984 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:10,067 UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS IN 985 00:36:10,067 --> 00:36:11,536 WEST SEATTLE, SUCH AS UNIFIED 986 00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:13,070 OUTREACH. IT'S SPONSORED BY 987 00:36:13,070 --> 00:36:15,306 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 988 00:36:15,306 --> 00:36:15,806 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCIL 989 00:36:15,806 --> 00:36:17,008 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 990 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:17,475 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 991 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:19,076 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 992 00:36:19,076 --> 00:36:20,011 SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU'RE 993 00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:27,752 RECOGNIZED. 994 00:36:27,985 --> 00:36:38,429 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. UNIFIED 995 00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:39,797 OUTREACH, YOUTH ARTS INVESTMENT. 996 00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:40,498 THIS. SO YOUTH ARTS ARE NOT AN 997 00:36:40,498 --> 00:36:41,098 EXTRA OR AN ADD ON. THEY ARE 998 00:36:41,098 --> 00:36:41,599 BELONGING. MENTORSHIP, 999 00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:42,199 PREVENTION. AND AS WE TALKED 1000 00:36:42,199 --> 00:36:42,833 ABOUT THROUGH OTHER INVESTMENTS, 1001 00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:43,534 OPPORTUNITY. SO THIS AMENDMENT 1002 00:36:43,534 --> 00:36:51,409 PROVIDES $100,000 IN EACH YEAR 1003 00:36:51,542 --> 00:37:01,953 FOR ART INSTRUCTION IN WEST 1004 00:37:02,219 --> 00:37:02,653 SEATTLE'S UNDERSERVED 1005 00:37:02,653 --> 00:37:03,120 NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH 1006 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:03,688 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE UNIFIED 1007 00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:04,322 OUTREACH. THESE PROGRAMS REACH 1008 00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:04,922 PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE 1009 00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:05,489 THEY ALREADY ARE. COMMUNITY 1010 00:37:05,489 --> 00:37:06,123 CENTERS, SCHOOLS, TRANSITIONAL 1011 00:37:06,123 --> 00:37:06,724 HOUSING, AND YOUTH SHELTERS. 1012 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:07,258 WHEN WE GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE 1013 00:37:07,258 --> 00:37:07,925 CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO CREATE, TO 1014 00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:09,927 LEAD, AND TO TELL STORIES, THEIR 1015 00:37:09,927 --> 00:37:12,396 STORIES, WE STRENGTHEN THE 1016 00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:14,899 ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. WEST 1017 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:15,533 SEATTLE'S NEXT GENERATION OF 1018 00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:18,903 ARTISTS SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED BY 1019 00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:21,439 ZIP CODE OR HOUSEHOLD INCOME. 1020 00:37:21,439 --> 00:37:23,908 THIS INVESTMENT HELPS PUT TOOLS, 1021 00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:24,542 MENTORS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN 1022 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:27,178 REACH FOR ALL, AND I ASK FOR 1023 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,714 YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 1024 00:37:29,714 --> 00:37:30,281 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1025 00:37:30,281 --> 00:37:30,848 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1026 00:37:30,848 --> 00:37:33,618 ANYTHING TO ADD AT THIS TIME, 1027 00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:34,118 COLLEAGUES? DISCUSSION. 1028 00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:36,721 DISCUSSION. FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1029 00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:38,522 FURTHER DISCUSSION. FINAL 1030 00:37:38,522 --> 00:37:41,025 DISCUSSION. FINAL DISCUSSION. 1031 00:37:41,025 --> 00:37:41,659 YOU KNOW WHAT'S NEXT? IF YOU 1032 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:44,161 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR ARTS A 1033 00:37:44,161 --> 00:37:48,466 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 1034 00:37:48,466 --> 00:37:49,233 THIS TIME. SEEING NONE, WE WILL 1035 00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:51,636 MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ARTS 1036 00:37:51,636 --> 00:37:54,238 NINE A ONE. 1037 00:37:54,238 --> 00:37:55,873 -- ARTS NINE A WOULD INCREASE 1038 00:37:55,873 --> 00:37:56,774 APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF 1039 00:37:56,774 --> 00:37:59,377 ARTS AND CULTURE BY 500,000 1040 00:37:59,377 --> 00:38:00,511 GENERAL FUND IN 2027, ONE TIME 1041 00:38:00,511 --> 00:38:01,946 FOR MURALS IN THE BALLARD 1042 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,814 BREWERY DISTRICT. IT'S SPONSORED 1043 00:38:03,814 --> 00:38:05,816 BY CHAIR STRAUSS AND 1044 00:38:05,816 --> 00:38:06,317 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCIL 1045 00:38:06,317 --> 00:38:06,884 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1046 00:38:06,884 --> 00:38:07,852 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1047 00:38:07,852 --> 00:38:10,488 -- THANK YOU. THERE ARE THREE 1048 00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:12,556 ELEMENTS TO THIS PROPOSAL. THE 1049 00:38:12,556 --> 00:38:14,091 FIRST IS THAT WE HAVE IN THE 1050 00:38:14,091 --> 00:38:16,861 PAST TWO BUDGET CYCLES HAVE 1051 00:38:16,861 --> 00:38:19,630 PROVIDED $90,000 PER YEAR FOR 1052 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:21,766 MURALS IN THIS AREA. AS A 1053 00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:26,337 PLACEMAKING STRATEGY. THOSE 1054 00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:28,906 MURALS WERE MATCHED BY PRIVATE 1055 00:38:28,906 --> 00:38:29,940 BUSINESSES AND THEN BY THE 1056 00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:31,542 BALLARD ALLIANCE FOR THE GREATER 1057 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:35,980 BALLARD AREA. SO IT IS ABOUT ONE 1058 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,649 CITY FUNDED MURAL IS MATCHED BY 1059 00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:41,585 ABOUT 2 TO 3 PRIVATELY FUNDED 1060 00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:44,588 MURALS IN THE LARGER BALLARD 1061 00:38:44,588 --> 00:38:45,656 NEIGHBORHOOD, FOCUSING IN ON THE 1062 00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:47,391 BREWERY DISTRICT. THIS IS AN 1063 00:38:47,391 --> 00:38:50,361 INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT ABUTS A 1064 00:38:50,361 --> 00:38:52,296 RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT IS CUT OFF 1065 00:38:52,296 --> 00:38:54,598 FROM GOOD PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. 1066 00:38:54,598 --> 00:38:55,833 UNTIL I HAVE MY WAY, AND WE'RE 1067 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:57,601 DOING THAT NOW, HAS BEEN 1068 00:38:57,601 --> 00:38:59,470 HISTORICALLY CUT OFF FROM GOOD 1069 00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:00,104 PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE NORTH 1070 00:39:00,104 --> 00:39:03,274 BY MARKET STREET TO THE SOUTH BY 1071 00:39:03,274 --> 00:39:04,809 LEARY WAY TO THE WEST, BY 15th 1072 00:39:04,809 --> 00:39:06,310 AVENUE, AND BY THE EAST BY 1073 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:09,246 EIGHTH AVENUE. THIS HAS CREATED 1074 00:39:09,246 --> 00:39:11,248 SOME VERY INTERESTING 1075 00:39:11,248 --> 00:39:13,317 EXPERIENCES. WHEN YOU PUT A HARD 1076 00:39:13,317 --> 00:39:16,320 TO ACCESS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 1077 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,489 RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL OR 1078 00:39:18,489 --> 00:39:19,090 RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL IN 1079 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:21,726 THE SAME PLACE. AND SO WE HAVE 1080 00:39:21,726 --> 00:39:24,829 BEEN USING A MULTI MULTI-LAYERED 1081 00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:27,732 STRATEGY OF BETTER ACCESS. I'M 1082 00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:28,799 NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE 1083 00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:29,467 WHOLE STRATEGY RIGHT NOW. I'M 1084 00:39:29,467 --> 00:39:30,835 GOING TO GET DOWN TO THE POINT 1085 00:39:30,835 --> 00:39:36,741 HERE, WHICH IS I'M PROPOSING TO 1086 00:39:36,741 --> 00:39:39,076 FUND $500,000 WORTH OF MURALS IN 1087 00:39:39,076 --> 00:39:40,277 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE CAN 1088 00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:42,780 FOCUS ON 14th AVENUE AND 11th 1089 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:44,982 AVENUE. SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE 1090 00:39:44,982 --> 00:39:48,753 ENOUGH MURALS IN THE AREA THAT 1091 00:39:48,753 --> 00:39:49,387 IT'S GAINING ATTRACTION AND 1092 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:53,224 ATTENTION BUT IT IS NOT QUITE 1093 00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:55,159 THERE YET FOR PLACEMAKING. WITH 1094 00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:57,027 THIS INVESTMENT, I THINK WE CAN 1095 00:39:57,027 --> 00:39:58,696 BE ONE AND DONE. AND BECAUSE 1096 00:39:58,696 --> 00:40:00,564 I'M MAKING A LARGER REQUEST 1097 00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:04,168 THAN IN THE PAST, THAT IS WHY 1098 00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:05,269 I'M NOT LOOKING TO PROVIDE ALL 1099 00:40:05,269 --> 00:40:07,471 THIS MONEY. I'M LOOKING TO ADD 1100 00:40:07,471 --> 00:40:08,939 NEW MONEY IN THIS. WE DON'T 1101 00:40:08,939 --> 00:40:10,107 NEED. I DON'T NEED TO SHARE ALL 1102 00:40:10,107 --> 00:40:11,142 THE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES 1103 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:12,810 HAVE SHARED ABOUT THE BENEFITS 1104 00:40:12,810 --> 00:40:16,046 OF MURALS AND ART. JUST TO SAY 1105 00:40:16,046 --> 00:40:17,248 THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN IN 1106 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:18,716 THE PAST, BECAUSE I'M ASKING FOR 1107 00:40:18,716 --> 00:40:20,418 MORE MONEY, BUT I'M NOT 1108 00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:22,319 PROVIDING IT. AND I'M NOTICING, 1109 00:40:22,319 --> 00:40:24,688 NOTING THAT THERE HAS BEEN MATCH 1110 00:40:24,688 --> 00:40:27,224 FOR ALL PREVIOUS INVESTMENTS 2 1111 00:40:27,224 --> 00:40:28,592 TO 3 TIMES LARGER THAN WHAT 1112 00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:30,294 WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN. SO 1113 00:40:30,294 --> 00:40:32,029 THAT'S THIS PROPOSAL. 1114 00:40:32,029 --> 00:40:32,797 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS CHAIR OF 1115 00:40:32,797 --> 00:40:34,999 THE COMMITTEE. ANYTHING TO ADD? 1116 00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:35,566 NOTHING TO ADD. COLLEAGUES. 1117 00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:39,270 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION. FURTHER 1118 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,906 DISCUSSION. FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1119 00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:43,274 FINAL DISCUSSION. SEEING. NO 1120 00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:43,941 FINAL DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD 1121 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:46,210 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR ARTS NINE A 1122 00:40:46,210 --> 00:40:47,178 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 1123 00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:50,648 THIS TIME, SEEING NO ADDITIONAL 1124 00:40:50,648 --> 00:40:52,783 CO-SPONSORS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO 1125 00:40:52,783 --> 00:40:56,053 ARTS TEN, A ONE. 1126 00:40:56,053 --> 00:40:56,821 -- ARTS TEN A WOULD INCREASE THE 1127 00:40:56,821 --> 00:40:58,889 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE BY 1128 00:40:58,889 --> 00:41:00,591 $50,000. GENERAL FUND IN 2027 ON 1129 00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:03,494 A ONE TIME BASIS FOR AN ARTIST 1130 00:41:03,494 --> 00:41:03,994 SUPPORT AGENCY HELPING 1131 00:41:03,994 --> 00:41:05,296 INDEPENDENT ARTISTS BUILD 1132 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:05,930 SUSTAINABLE CREATIVE LIVES SUCH 1133 00:41:05,930 --> 00:41:08,532 AS HOW TO LISTEN. IT'S SPONSORED 1134 00:41:08,532 --> 00:41:08,999 BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1135 00:41:08,999 --> 00:41:10,568 HOLLINGSWORTH AND CO-SPONSORED 1136 00:41:10,568 --> 00:41:12,336 BY COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA AND 1137 00:41:12,336 --> 00:41:12,570 JUAREZ. 1138 00:41:12,570 --> 00:41:14,171 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1139 00:41:14,171 --> 00:41:14,538 YOU RECOGNIZED. 1140 00:41:14,538 --> 00:41:16,574 -- THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU, 1141 00:41:16,574 --> 00:41:18,776 MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK 1142 00:41:18,776 --> 00:41:20,244 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND SAKA 1143 00:41:20,244 --> 00:41:22,279 FOR THE NEXT THREE CO 1144 00:41:22,279 --> 00:41:23,981 COLLEAGUES. HOW TO LISTEN 1145 00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:25,950 PROVIDES GRANTS, PROFESSIONAL 1146 00:41:25,950 --> 00:41:28,319 RESOURCES, PARTNERSHIPS, 1147 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:28,919 PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES TO 1148 00:41:28,919 --> 00:41:30,654 HELP INDEPENDENT ARTISTS. THEY 1149 00:41:30,654 --> 00:41:34,158 ORGANIZE FREE IN ALL AGE EVENTS, 1150 00:41:34,158 --> 00:41:36,393 MUSIC EVENTS AND SHOWCASES. AND 1151 00:41:36,393 --> 00:41:37,862 PART OF THIS FUNDING WOULD GO 1152 00:41:37,862 --> 00:41:41,098 DIRECTLY TO TRAINING FOR THEIR 1153 00:41:41,098 --> 00:41:42,933 ACTIVATION FOR UNDER RESOURCE 1154 00:41:42,933 --> 00:41:43,534 UNDERSERVED YOUTH AND ARTISTS 1155 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:44,802 DEVELOPMENT WITH YOUTH TRAINING 1156 00:41:44,802 --> 00:41:47,671 IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND EVENT 1157 00:41:47,671 --> 00:41:49,473 PRODUCTION. AND I ASK FOR YOUR 1158 00:41:49,473 --> 00:41:50,741 SUPPORT. I KNOW YOU SUPPORT IT, 1159 00:41:50,741 --> 00:41:52,142 BUT I ASK FOR YOUR 1160 00:41:52,142 --> 00:41:52,676 COSPONSORSHIP. THANK YOU. 1161 00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:54,478 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1162 00:41:54,478 --> 00:41:55,546 FOSTER ANYTHING TO ADD? NOT AT 1163 00:41:55,546 --> 00:41:57,081 THIS TIME. COLLEAGUES. 1164 00:41:57,081 --> 00:42:00,017 DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. FURTHER 1165 00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:01,151 DISCUSSION. FINAL DISCUSSION. 1166 00:42:01,151 --> 00:42:02,219 SEEING. NO FINAL DISCUSSION. IF 1167 00:42:02,219 --> 00:42:03,721 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 1168 00:42:03,721 --> 00:42:06,557 ARTS TEN A ONE, PLEASE RAISE 1169 00:42:06,557 --> 00:42:09,927 YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. I'M 1170 00:42:09,927 --> 00:42:11,262 SEEING NONE, SO I'M GOING TO 1171 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:13,030 MOVE FORWARD UNLESS SOMEBODY 1172 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:14,365 LOOKS AT ME SEEING NOTHING 1173 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,734 FURTHER, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ARTS 1174 00:42:16,734 --> 00:42:18,802 11, A ONE. 1175 00:42:18,802 --> 00:42:19,570 -- ARTS 11 A WOULD INCREASE THE 1176 00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:22,206 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE BY 1177 00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:23,541 150,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2027, 1178 00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:24,842 ONE TIME FOR FREE EVENTS AT A 1179 00:42:24,842 --> 00:42:26,610 GALLERY SPACE FEATURING ROTATING 1180 00:42:26,610 --> 00:42:27,645 EXHIBITIONS, LOCAL AND EMERGING 1181 00:42:27,645 --> 00:42:29,446 ARTISTS, AND CULTURAL 1182 00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:31,081 STORYTELLING SUCH AS COLEMAN 1183 00:42:31,081 --> 00:42:33,183 COMMONS. IT'S SPONSORED BY 1184 00:42:33,183 --> 00:42:33,817 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 1185 00:42:33,817 --> 00:42:35,486 AND CO-SPONSORED BY 1186 00:42:35,486 --> 00:42:36,554 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND JUAREZ. 1187 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:37,554 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1188 00:42:37,554 --> 00:42:38,022 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1189 00:42:38,022 --> 00:42:39,857 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK 1190 00:42:39,857 --> 00:42:41,191 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 1191 00:42:41,191 --> 00:42:41,792 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AGAIN FOR 1192 00:42:41,792 --> 00:42:43,394 YOUR SUPPORT. COLEMAN COMMONS 1193 00:42:43,394 --> 00:42:45,729 HAD THEIR GRAND OPENING IN 1194 00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:46,897 AUGUST 6th OF THIS YEAR. IT'S AN 1195 00:42:46,897 --> 00:42:49,333 EVENT SPACE WITH OVER 4000FT 1196 00:42:49,333 --> 00:42:50,501 LARGE ENOUGH TO SERVE AS A 1197 00:42:50,501 --> 00:42:52,937 CULTURAL HUB FOR THINGS LIKE ART 1198 00:42:52,937 --> 00:42:53,971 ART EXHIBITIONS, WHICH IT HAS. 1199 00:42:53,971 --> 00:42:56,941 THE WOW GALLERY WORKSHOPS, 1200 00:42:56,941 --> 00:42:59,109 FASHION SHOWS AND COMMUNITY 1201 00:42:59,109 --> 00:43:01,078 GATHERINGS. IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO 1202 00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:02,713 DOWNTOWN AND ALSO THE PIONEER 1203 00:43:02,713 --> 00:43:04,348 SQUARE. EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND 1204 00:43:04,348 --> 00:43:05,916 THEY'RE HAVING SOME TYPE OF 1205 00:43:05,916 --> 00:43:07,785 EVENT EVEN DURING THE WEEKDAY, 1206 00:43:07,785 --> 00:43:08,419 AND IT'S CONSTANTLY BRINGING 1207 00:43:08,419 --> 00:43:10,788 PEOPLE DOWNTOWN, THE VENUE AND 1208 00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:12,957 RENTALS AND EVENT PARTNERSHIPS 1209 00:43:12,957 --> 00:43:15,626 DIRECTLY SUPPORT AND FUND 1210 00:43:15,626 --> 00:43:16,226 INDEPENDENT, COMMUNITY DRIVEN 1211 00:43:16,226 --> 00:43:17,461 JOURNALISM ACROSS SEATTLE, AND 1212 00:43:17,461 --> 00:43:19,129 ALSO DIFFERENT ARTISTS WHERE 1213 00:43:19,129 --> 00:43:21,398 IT'S OPEN MICS, IT'S DIFFERENT 1214 00:43:21,398 --> 00:43:23,567 TYPE OF WORKSHOPS AND ART 1215 00:43:23,567 --> 00:43:24,635 EXHIBITIONS. AS I WAS TALKING 1216 00:43:24,635 --> 00:43:25,936 ABOUT, AND WOULD, AND ALSO A 1217 00:43:25,936 --> 00:43:26,570 WELLNESS CENTER. AND I WOULD 1218 00:43:26,570 --> 00:43:29,306 LOVE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. THANK 1219 00:43:29,306 --> 00:43:30,107 YOU COLLEAGUES. 1220 00:43:30,107 --> 00:43:32,109 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1221 00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:32,876 FOSTER ANYTHING TO ADD? NOT AT 1222 00:43:32,876 --> 00:43:35,946 THIS TIME. COLLEAGUES. 1223 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:38,882 DISCUSSION. FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1224 00:43:38,882 --> 00:43:39,516 FINAL DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. 1225 00:43:39,516 --> 00:43:42,886 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 1226 00:43:42,886 --> 00:43:44,455 ARTS 11 A ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 1227 00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:49,226 HAND AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO 1228 00:43:49,226 --> 00:43:49,860 ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS, WE WILL 1229 00:43:49,860 --> 00:43:53,464 MOVE ON TO ARTS 12, A ONE. 1230 00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:54,965 -- ARTS 12 A WOULD INCREASE THE 1231 00:43:54,965 --> 00:43:57,534 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE BY 1232 00:43:57,534 --> 00:43:58,569 100,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 ON 1233 00:43:58,569 --> 00:44:00,004 A ONE TIME BASIS FOR A NONPROFIT 1234 00:44:00,004 --> 00:44:02,039 HIP HOP ARTIST ASSOCIATION SUCH 1235 00:44:02,039 --> 00:44:04,141 AS THE RESIDENCY. IT'S SPONSORED 1236 00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:04,608 BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1237 00:44:04,608 --> 00:44:06,010 HOLLINGSWORTH AND CO-SPONSORED 1238 00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:07,578 BY COUNCILMEMBERS, SAKA AND 1239 00:44:07,578 --> 00:44:07,811 JUAREZ. 1240 00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:08,912 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1241 00:44:08,912 --> 00:44:10,114 YOU RECOGNIZED. 1242 00:44:10,114 --> 00:44:12,016 -- LAST ONE. THANK YOU COUNCIL. 1243 00:44:12,016 --> 00:44:15,319 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, 1244 00:44:15,319 --> 00:44:15,853 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 1245 00:44:15,853 --> 00:44:17,287 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ON YOUR 1246 00:44:17,287 --> 00:44:19,790 SUPPORT ON THIS. COLLEAGUES, THE 1247 00:44:19,790 --> 00:44:21,592 RESIDENCY LAUNCHED IN 2015, 1248 00:44:21,592 --> 00:44:22,092 BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT 1249 00:44:22,092 --> 00:44:24,061 NONPROFIT IN 2020. IT STARTED AS 1250 00:44:24,061 --> 00:44:26,397 A COLLABORATION WITH MOPOP ARTS 1251 00:44:26,397 --> 00:44:28,232 CORP, AND IT PROVIDES FREE HIP 1252 00:44:28,232 --> 00:44:29,733 HOP ARTS EDUCATION FOR OUR YOUNG 1253 00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:32,436 ARTISTS IN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 1254 00:44:32,436 --> 00:44:34,672 16 AND 19, WITH MENTORSHIP, 1255 00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:36,707 TRAINING AND CREATIVE CAREER 1256 00:44:36,707 --> 00:44:37,374 DEVELOPMENT. TO THIS DAY, IT HAS 1257 00:44:37,374 --> 00:44:41,045 SERVED OVER 100 ARTISTS. IT 1258 00:44:41,045 --> 00:44:43,213 SERVES OVER 100 ARTISTS IN EVERY 1259 00:44:43,213 --> 00:44:45,449 SINGLE YEAR. SO THINK OF FROM 1260 00:44:45,449 --> 00:44:47,584 2015 TO NOW. IT'S BEEN OVER 1000 1261 00:44:47,584 --> 00:44:51,388 YOUNG ARTISTS. THEY DELIVERED 19 1262 00:44:51,388 --> 00:44:54,091 PROGRAMS, 42 PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 1263 00:44:54,091 --> 00:44:54,591 GIVING EMERGING ARTISTS 1264 00:44:54,591 --> 00:44:56,093 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, PERFORMING 1265 00:44:56,093 --> 00:44:57,127 AND WORKING IN THE MUSIC 1266 00:44:57,127 --> 00:44:58,495 INDUSTRY. I THINK THE THING THAT 1267 00:44:58,495 --> 00:45:00,064 I LOVE ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION 1268 00:45:00,064 --> 00:45:02,099 IS NOT THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED ON 1269 00:45:02,099 --> 00:45:04,368 JUST THE MUSIC PART OF OF HIP 1270 00:45:04,368 --> 00:45:06,704 HOP OR R&B OR ANY OF THAT THAT 1271 00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:08,505 THEY THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER 1272 00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:10,207 PIECES THAT COME ALONG WITH THE 1273 00:45:10,207 --> 00:45:11,542 MUSIC INDUSTRY THAT COULD BE IN 1274 00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:13,277 THE ENGINEER, HOW TO WORK ON THE 1275 00:45:13,277 --> 00:45:14,611 BACKSTAGE, A MANAGER, ALL THE 1276 00:45:14,611 --> 00:45:18,082 THINGS THERE IS ZERO COST FOR 1277 00:45:18,082 --> 00:45:18,549 FAMILIES FOR THE CORE 1278 00:45:18,549 --> 00:45:19,183 PROGRAMING, AND THEY MAKE SURE 1279 00:45:19,183 --> 00:45:21,251 THAT THEY GO IN UNDERSERVED 1280 00:45:21,251 --> 00:45:22,186 NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE THEY 1281 00:45:22,186 --> 00:45:23,787 GET KIDS THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE 1282 00:45:23,787 --> 00:45:25,422 BRINK OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 1283 00:45:25,422 --> 00:45:26,090 THAT ARE RIPE AT THE AGE OF 1284 00:45:26,090 --> 00:45:26,957 VULNERABILITY. AND THEY'RE 1285 00:45:26,957 --> 00:45:28,158 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WITH 1286 00:45:28,158 --> 00:45:30,594 PATHWAY, AND THEY OFFER STIPENDS 1287 00:45:30,594 --> 00:45:32,296 TO THEIR SUMMER PARTICIPANTS. 1288 00:45:32,296 --> 00:45:34,264 THEY ALSO COVER MEALS AND 1289 00:45:34,264 --> 00:45:34,932 TRANSPORTATIONS. THEY ALSO OFFER 1290 00:45:34,932 --> 00:45:37,301 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR ALUM 1291 00:45:37,301 --> 00:45:38,802 PURSUING EDUCATION. SO AFTER YOU 1292 00:45:38,802 --> 00:45:40,170 GO OUT THE CORE COHORT, THEY 1293 00:45:40,170 --> 00:45:42,439 ALSO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL. 1294 00:45:42,439 --> 00:45:45,976 AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON 1295 00:45:45,976 --> 00:45:47,511 THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU. ON THE 1296 00:45:47,511 --> 00:45:50,214 RESIDENCY. 1297 00:45:50,214 --> 00:45:50,748 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 1298 00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:51,615 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER ANYTHING TO 1299 00:45:51,615 --> 00:45:53,183 ADD? NOT AT THIS TIME. 1300 00:45:53,183 --> 00:45:55,753 COLLEAGUES. ANY DISCUSSION ON 1301 00:45:55,753 --> 00:46:01,925 THIS PROPOSAL SEEING NO FURTHER 1302 00:46:01,925 --> 00:46:03,227 DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 1303 00:46:03,227 --> 00:46:04,361 CO-SPONSOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE 1304 00:46:04,361 --> 00:46:10,000 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME 1305 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:10,601 I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1306 00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:12,002 ADDING HIS NAME TO ARTS 12, A 1307 00:46:12,002 --> 00:46:13,103 ONE. 1308 00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:14,738 -- I JUST NEEDED ONE. THANK YOU, 1309 00:46:14,738 --> 00:46:17,941 MR. CHAIR. YOU GAVE ME ONE. 1310 00:46:17,941 --> 00:46:20,210 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1311 00:46:20,210 --> 00:46:21,979 -- I'LL REMIND OUR COLLEAGUES 1312 00:46:21,979 --> 00:46:22,980 THAT UNLESS YOU ARE CALLED ON, 1313 00:46:22,980 --> 00:46:26,450 YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER. OKAY. I'M 1314 00:46:26,450 --> 00:46:26,683 SORRY. 1315 00:46:26,683 --> 00:46:27,017 -- [LAUGHTER] 1316 00:46:27,017 --> 00:46:28,585 -- OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 1317 00:46:28,585 --> 00:46:30,120 WERE YOU INTENDING TO ADD YOUR 1318 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:34,024 NAME? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE AFTER 1319 00:46:34,024 --> 00:46:36,560 AFTER LUNCH SLUMP IS REALLY 1320 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:37,094 HITTING. BLOOD IS IN OUR 1321 00:46:37,094 --> 00:46:37,795 STOMACHS. I'M GOING TO DO THIS 1322 00:46:37,795 --> 00:46:40,464 ONE MORE TIME FOR ARTS 12, A 1323 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:42,666 ONE. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1324 00:46:42,666 --> 00:46:43,634 AND RIVERA ADDING THEIR NAMES. 1325 00:46:43,634 --> 00:46:46,770 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1326 00:46:46,770 --> 00:46:47,004 RIVERA. 1327 00:46:47,004 --> 00:46:49,606 -- THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW 1328 00:46:49,606 --> 00:46:50,107 SWITCHING TO OUR FINAL 1329 00:46:50,107 --> 00:46:51,041 DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT DOES NOT 1330 00:46:51,041 --> 00:46:52,576 MEAN THAT WE ARE FINALLY NEAR 1331 00:46:52,576 --> 00:46:54,344 DONE. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 17 1332 00:46:54,344 --> 00:46:55,512 PROPOSALS TO GO THROUGH, WHICH 1333 00:46:55,512 --> 00:46:58,148 MEANS THAT WE'VE ONLY DONE 13 SO 1334 00:46:58,148 --> 00:46:59,483 FAR. WITH THAT, WE ARE MOVING 1335 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:00,717 INTO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE'RE 1336 00:47:00,717 --> 00:47:03,921 GOING TO START WITH SPR ONE, A 1337 00:47:03,921 --> 00:47:07,191 ONE. 1338 00:47:07,191 --> 00:47:07,624 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1339 00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:10,127 COUNCILMEMBERS KARINA BOAL FROM 1340 00:47:10,127 --> 00:47:12,563 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. SPR ONE 1341 00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:14,865 AYE WOULD AMEND THE PROJECT 1342 00:47:14,865 --> 00:47:17,701 DESCRIPTION OF THE WEST QUEEN 1343 00:47:17,701 --> 00:47:18,235 ANNE PLAYFIELD CONVERSION 1344 00:47:18,235 --> 00:47:20,204 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND 1345 00:47:20,204 --> 00:47:22,139 IMPOSE A PROVISO. THIS ITEM IS 1346 00:47:22,139 --> 00:47:24,575 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 1347 00:47:24,575 --> 00:47:26,610 KETTLE AND CO-SPONSORED BY 1348 00:47:26,610 --> 00:47:27,244 COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1349 00:47:27,244 --> 00:47:28,178 RINCK. 1350 00:47:28,178 --> 00:47:28,745 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1351 00:47:28,745 --> 00:47:29,580 KETTLE, THE SPONSOR OF THE 1352 00:47:29,580 --> 00:47:31,114 AMENDMENT PROPOSAL. YOU ARE 1353 00:47:31,114 --> 00:47:32,182 RECOGNIZED. 1354 00:47:32,182 --> 00:47:33,817 -- YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR, ON 1355 00:47:33,817 --> 00:47:35,452 THIS PROPOSAL. FIRST, THANK YOU 1356 00:47:35,452 --> 00:47:37,621 TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1357 00:47:37,621 --> 00:47:40,057 HOLLINGSWORTH AND AND 1358 00:47:40,057 --> 00:47:40,657 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR YOUR 1359 00:47:40,657 --> 00:47:42,125 SPONSOR SUPPORT FOR THIS. 1360 00:47:42,125 --> 00:47:43,794 COLLEAGUES, I'M NOT GOING TO 1361 00:47:43,794 --> 00:47:47,364 STAND UP. I DON'T HAVE A 1362 00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:49,099 T-SHIRT UNDERNEATH, BUT I WILL 1363 00:47:49,099 --> 00:47:53,670 SAY I DID WEAR A T-SHIRT WHEN I 1364 00:47:53,670 --> 00:47:55,939 WAS OUT COACHING SOCCER. WHEN I 1365 00:47:55,939 --> 00:47:58,976 WAS COACHING T BALL IN QUEEN 1366 00:47:58,976 --> 00:48:01,345 ANNE, YOU KNOW, THE GIRLS THAT 1367 00:48:01,345 --> 00:48:05,782 ARE OUT THERE. AND FROM THAT 1368 00:48:05,782 --> 00:48:08,085 EXPERIENCE AND WORKING AS A STAY 1369 00:48:08,085 --> 00:48:08,952 AT HOME DAD, YOU KNOW, YOU GET 1370 00:48:08,952 --> 00:48:11,355 TO KNOW ALL THE PARKS AND YOU 1371 00:48:11,355 --> 00:48:13,056 GET TO KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT 1372 00:48:13,056 --> 00:48:15,626 EXIST AT THESE PARKS AND WEST. 1373 00:48:15,626 --> 00:48:17,794 QUEEN ANNE PLAYFIELD, OTHERWISE 1374 00:48:17,794 --> 00:48:22,065 KNOWN AS BIG HOWE, IS IN ROUGH 1375 00:48:22,065 --> 00:48:23,333 SHAPE. IT'S BEEN ON THE LIST 1376 00:48:23,333 --> 00:48:24,534 FOR A BETTER PART OF A QUARTER 1377 00:48:24,534 --> 00:48:26,903 CENTURY, ACTUALLY, MORE THAN A 1378 00:48:26,903 --> 00:48:29,106 QUARTER CENTURY. AND IT'S TIME 1379 00:48:29,106 --> 00:48:32,442 HERE TO TO PRESS FORWARD. NOW, 1380 00:48:32,442 --> 00:48:33,043 THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BIG 1381 00:48:33,043 --> 00:48:38,882 HOWE PROJECT, AND SOMEHOW IT HAS 1382 00:48:38,882 --> 00:48:40,117 A PLAYGROUND AREA. AND THEN IT 1383 00:48:40,117 --> 00:48:41,718 HAS LIKE A LITTLE LEAGUE 1384 00:48:41,718 --> 00:48:42,886 BASEBALL AREA. BUT IT'S NOT 1385 00:48:42,886 --> 00:48:44,888 JUST THAT, BY THE WAY, THIS IS 1386 00:48:44,888 --> 00:48:45,555 WHERE I COACHED SOCCER, FOR 1387 00:48:45,555 --> 00:48:48,425 EXAMPLE, OUT IN THE OUTFIELD AND 1388 00:48:48,425 --> 00:48:49,159 ON THE OTHER SIDE IN THE MAIN 1389 00:48:49,159 --> 00:48:52,963 AREA, THERE'S WHAT, TWO AREAS. 1390 00:48:52,963 --> 00:48:53,997 SO THERE'S QUEEN ANNE ONE, 1391 00:48:53,997 --> 00:48:54,731 QUEEN ANNE TWO AND QUEEN ANNE 1392 00:48:54,731 --> 00:48:57,034 THREE. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. 1393 00:48:57,034 --> 00:48:58,869 UNFORTUNATELY, QUEEN ANNE THREE 1394 00:48:58,869 --> 00:49:00,704 WASN'T ADDED IN AS A CIP BY 1395 00:49:00,704 --> 00:49:03,040 PARKS FOR THIS PROJECT, EVEN 1396 00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:04,107 THOUGH IT'S QUITE CLEAR THAT WE 1397 00:49:04,107 --> 00:49:06,076 HAVE TO DO RIGHT FOR BIG HOWE. 1398 00:49:06,076 --> 00:49:07,911 AND PART OF THIS WAS IN 1399 00:49:07,911 --> 00:49:11,481 FAIRNESS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 1400 00:49:11,481 --> 00:49:12,015 I HAVE QUESTIONS IS THAT 1401 00:49:12,015 --> 00:49:13,417 THERE'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE 1402 00:49:13,417 --> 00:49:14,818 PARTNERSHIP GOING ON WITH THE 1403 00:49:14,818 --> 00:49:16,620 PRIVATE. THE QUEEN ANNE LITTLE 1404 00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:18,288 LEAGUE IS RAISING MONEY FOR 1405 00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:19,356 THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF THE QA 1406 00:49:19,356 --> 00:49:20,924 THREE, WHICH IS THE LITTLE 1407 00:49:20,924 --> 00:49:23,527 LEAGUE FIELD, WHICH ALSO DOUBLES 1408 00:49:23,527 --> 00:49:24,795 FOR SOCCER AND OTHER SPORTS ON 1409 00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:26,530 THE OUTFIELD. AND THEY'RE 1410 00:49:26,530 --> 00:49:27,631 RAISING MONEY, BUT THEY HAVE NOT 1411 00:49:27,631 --> 00:49:30,767 RAISED ALL THE MONEY THAT WOULD 1412 00:49:30,767 --> 00:49:33,403 BE NEEDED FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. 1413 00:49:33,403 --> 00:49:36,306 AND SOME OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, 1414 00:49:36,306 --> 00:49:36,873 FINDING OUT LATER DIFFERENT 1415 00:49:36,873 --> 00:49:37,507 RESTRICTIONS AND SO FORTH IN 1416 00:49:37,507 --> 00:49:39,276 TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO RAISE 1417 00:49:39,276 --> 00:49:42,512 FUNDS. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS 1418 00:49:42,512 --> 00:49:44,181 PROJECT WHOLE. WE NEED TO HAVE 1419 00:49:44,181 --> 00:49:45,248 QA THREE ADDED ALONG WITH QA ONE 1420 00:49:45,248 --> 00:49:47,417 AND TWO, BECAUSE THIS BIG 1421 00:49:47,417 --> 00:49:49,586 PROJECT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED. 1422 00:49:49,586 --> 00:49:50,821 AND SO THAT IS ONE PART OF THIS, 1423 00:49:50,821 --> 00:49:55,826 THIS ASK AND AS PART OF THE 1424 00:49:55,826 --> 00:49:57,728 PLANNING AND WORKING WITH THE 1425 00:49:57,728 --> 00:49:59,496 PLANNER ON THIS AND WORKING 1426 00:49:59,496 --> 00:50:01,565 THROUGH ITS LEVELS OF, OF 1427 00:50:01,565 --> 00:50:03,633 DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S UNDERSTOOD 1428 00:50:03,633 --> 00:50:05,836 TO BE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF 1429 00:50:05,836 --> 00:50:06,903 UNDERSPEND IN THE QA ONE AND TWO 1430 00:50:06,903 --> 00:50:09,606 PARTS OF THIS PROJECT. AND SO 1431 00:50:09,606 --> 00:50:11,441 WHAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DO, IN 1432 00:50:11,441 --> 00:50:14,411 ADDITION TO CREATING A CIP FOR 1433 00:50:14,411 --> 00:50:16,246 QA THREE, THE BALL FIELD THERE 1434 00:50:16,246 --> 00:50:17,547 AGAIN, WHICH ALSO SUBSTITUTES 1435 00:50:17,547 --> 00:50:18,782 FOR OTHER SPORTS IN THE 1436 00:50:18,782 --> 00:50:21,184 OUTFIELD, BUT WOULD TAKE THE 1437 00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:23,787 UNDERSPEND FROM QA ONE AND TWO. 1438 00:50:23,787 --> 00:50:25,689 SO WITHIN THE PARK, BIG PROJECT 1439 00:50:25,689 --> 00:50:27,791 AND KEEP IT WITHIN THERE TO TO 1440 00:50:27,791 --> 00:50:29,893 WORK THE FIELD ITSELF FOR QA 1441 00:50:29,893 --> 00:50:31,361 THREE THE, YOU KNOW, THE 1442 00:50:31,361 --> 00:50:32,396 BASEBALL LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD 1443 00:50:32,396 --> 00:50:33,764 AGAIN WITH OTHER SPORTS IN THE 1444 00:50:33,764 --> 00:50:35,966 OUTFIELD. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT 1445 00:50:35,966 --> 00:50:38,502 BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH 1446 00:50:38,502 --> 00:50:40,637 RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE 1447 00:50:40,637 --> 00:50:41,972 AS BAD A SHAPE BIG. HOW IS 1448 00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:45,175 LITTLE HOW THE EAST QUEEN ANNE 1449 00:50:45,175 --> 00:50:47,577 PLAYFIELD IS EVEN WORSE SHAPE. 1450 00:50:47,577 --> 00:50:48,512 I'VE COACHED T-BALL AND SOCCER 1451 00:50:48,512 --> 00:50:50,113 THERE TO. A FELLOW DAD BROKE HIS 1452 00:50:50,113 --> 00:50:52,115 ANKLE. I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE 1453 00:50:52,115 --> 00:50:54,451 DIRT EXCHANGE AND DISTRICT SIX 1454 00:50:54,451 --> 00:50:56,887 RIGHT ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND WITH 1455 00:50:56,887 --> 00:50:59,189 A FELLOW DAD, AND GOT TONS OF 1456 00:50:59,189 --> 00:51:01,124 DIRT TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD, YOU 1457 00:51:01,124 --> 00:51:05,529 KNOW? SO THE KIDS DIDN'T HURT 1458 00:51:05,529 --> 00:51:07,431 THEMSELVES, WHICH COULD HAVE LED 1459 00:51:07,431 --> 00:51:08,965 TO A LAWSUIT. AND THEN THE CITY 1460 00:51:08,965 --> 00:51:12,669 ATTORNEY, I WON'T GO DOWN THERE 1461 00:51:12,669 --> 00:51:14,671 THAT ROUTE, BUT THIS IS THE 1462 00:51:14,671 --> 00:51:15,672 CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING 1463 00:51:15,672 --> 00:51:16,773 HERE. AND SO WE NEED TO DO THIS 1464 00:51:16,773 --> 00:51:19,609 RIGHT. WE NEED TO DO RIGHT FOR 1465 00:51:19,609 --> 00:51:22,612 BIG HOWE AND LATER FOR LITTLE 1466 00:51:22,612 --> 00:51:23,747 HOWE. AND THAT'S WHY I ASK FOR 1467 00:51:23,747 --> 00:51:24,848 YOUR SUPPORT. I ASK YOUR SUPPORT 1468 00:51:24,848 --> 00:51:28,118 AS A COUNCILMEMBER, BUT ALSO AS 1469 00:51:28,118 --> 00:51:30,420 A DAD WHO'S BEEN OUT THERE 1470 00:51:30,420 --> 00:51:32,556 COACHING AND AVOIDING GETTING 1471 00:51:32,556 --> 00:51:34,758 HIS ANKLE BROKEN LIKE ANOTHER 1472 00:51:34,758 --> 00:51:35,892 DAD DID. AND THIS IS WHAT'S 1473 00:51:35,892 --> 00:51:38,261 NEEDED. AND BY THE WAY, BY DOING 1474 00:51:38,261 --> 00:51:39,096 THIS, WE CREATE THESE FIELDS 1475 00:51:39,096 --> 00:51:40,964 THAT ARE GOING TO BE YEAR ROUND 1476 00:51:40,964 --> 00:51:44,134 AVAILABLE, WAY MORE. AND AS 1477 00:51:44,134 --> 00:51:45,602 SINCE I AM MARRIED TO A TITLE 1478 00:51:45,602 --> 00:51:47,537 NINE EXPERT, I WILL ADD ASSIST 1479 00:51:47,537 --> 00:51:50,540 ON THAT FRONT TOO. IN TERMS OF 1480 00:51:50,540 --> 00:51:52,342 THE GIRLS SOFTBALL. SO WITH 1481 00:51:52,342 --> 00:51:54,044 THAT, COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, WITHOUT 1482 00:51:54,044 --> 00:51:57,714 STANDING UP, BUT STILL STRONG IN 1483 00:51:57,714 --> 00:52:00,951 MY SUPPORT AND MY REQUESTS FOR 1484 00:52:00,951 --> 00:52:01,985 THIS PROJECT. SO CHAIR, THANK 1485 00:52:01,985 --> 00:52:03,553 YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU 1486 00:52:03,553 --> 00:52:04,955 VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 1487 00:52:04,955 --> 00:52:06,790 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1488 00:52:06,790 --> 00:52:07,591 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, AS CHAIR 1489 00:52:07,591 --> 00:52:08,658 OF THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 1490 00:52:08,658 --> 00:52:09,893 DEPARTMENT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING 1491 00:52:09,893 --> 00:52:12,863 TO ADD? NOT AT THIS TIME. 1492 00:52:12,863 --> 00:52:13,363 COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION. 1493 00:52:13,363 --> 00:52:14,130 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1494 00:52:14,130 --> 00:52:15,532 AND THEN FOSTER. 1495 00:52:15,532 --> 00:52:17,300 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I'LL JUST 1496 00:52:17,300 --> 00:52:18,768 SAY, YOU KNOW, AS A 1497 00:52:18,768 --> 00:52:20,370 COUNCILMEMBER, I'M ALWAYS GOING 1498 00:52:20,370 --> 00:52:22,205 TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT, YOU 1499 00:52:22,205 --> 00:52:24,808 KNOW, TURFING INITIATIVES ACROSS 1500 00:52:24,808 --> 00:52:27,077 OUR CITY. I'M ALWAYS GOING TO 1501 00:52:27,077 --> 00:52:29,613 SUPPORT, WHICH THEREFORE 1502 00:52:29,613 --> 00:52:31,715 SUPPORTS YOUTH SPORTS AND 1503 00:52:31,715 --> 00:52:34,217 RECREATION MORE BROADLY. TURFING 1504 00:52:34,217 --> 00:52:34,818 INITIATIVES SUPPORT, ENHANCE 1505 00:52:34,818 --> 00:52:37,354 YEAR ROUND PLAYABILITY. AS 1506 00:52:37,354 --> 00:52:38,388 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ALLUDED TO 1507 00:52:38,388 --> 00:52:40,690 A MOMENT AGO, TURFING 1508 00:52:40,690 --> 00:52:41,258 INITIATIVES SUPPORT PLAYER 1509 00:52:41,258 --> 00:52:43,026 SAFETY. DANGEROUS WHEN THERE'S 1510 00:52:43,026 --> 00:52:44,394 QUITE LITERALLY POTHOLES IN 1511 00:52:44,394 --> 00:52:46,296 THESE INFIELD AND OUTFIELD AND 1512 00:52:46,296 --> 00:52:48,465 THEIR KIDS ARE STUMBLING IN DOG 1513 00:52:48,465 --> 00:52:49,766 PITS AND HOLES AND KIDS ARE 1514 00:52:49,766 --> 00:52:51,835 STUMBLING AND TRIPPING THROUGH 1515 00:52:51,835 --> 00:52:53,670 THOSE DANGEROUS. IT LEADS TO 1516 00:52:53,670 --> 00:52:55,005 PLAYER SAFETY ISSUES. AND HE 1517 00:52:55,005 --> 00:52:57,207 ALLUDED TO SOME POTENTIAL LEGAL 1518 00:52:57,207 --> 00:53:00,076 LIABILITY ISSUES. I'M ALWAYS 1519 00:53:00,076 --> 00:53:02,145 GOING TO SUPPORT AS GENDER 1520 00:53:02,145 --> 00:53:03,647 EQUITY AND GENDER PARITY IN 1521 00:53:03,647 --> 00:53:05,482 SPORTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, 1522 00:53:05,482 --> 00:53:06,049 INITIATIVES LIKE THIS HELP 1523 00:53:06,049 --> 00:53:11,855 UNLOCK. AND SO JUST THAT'S JUST 1524 00:53:11,855 --> 00:53:12,489 POINT BLANK AS A COUNCILMEMBER. 1525 00:53:12,489 --> 00:53:14,324 SO IN A MOMENT, I'M HONORED TO 1526 00:53:14,324 --> 00:53:16,726 BE ABLE TO, TO PUT MY NAME AND 1527 00:53:16,726 --> 00:53:18,195 RAISE MY HAND TO CO-SPONSOR 1528 00:53:18,195 --> 00:53:20,063 THIS. AND THAT'S AS A 1529 00:53:20,063 --> 00:53:21,998 COUNCILMEMBER, AS A DAD, AS A 1530 00:53:21,998 --> 00:53:23,066 FELLOW DAD, YOU KNOW, I TO HAVE 1531 00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:24,868 COACHED, DONE MY FAIR SHARE OF 1532 00:53:24,868 --> 00:53:28,471 COACHING. IN FACT, THE LAST 1533 00:53:28,471 --> 00:53:29,105 THREE YEARS, BECAUSE I DON'T 1534 00:53:29,105 --> 00:53:30,507 LIKE SLEEP OR PERSONAL FREEDOM 1535 00:53:30,507 --> 00:53:34,878 OR TIME, I'VE PROUDLY SERVED AS 1536 00:53:34,878 --> 00:53:38,315 THE HEAD COACH FOR MY SON'S 1537 00:53:38,315 --> 00:53:40,083 LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM IN WEST 1538 00:53:40,083 --> 00:53:42,285 SEATTLE THE LAST THREE YEARS. I 1539 00:53:42,285 --> 00:53:42,986 DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO DO 1540 00:53:42,986 --> 00:53:45,789 THAT NEXT YEAR FOR FOR TIME 1541 00:53:45,789 --> 00:53:47,424 REASONS, BUT DONE IT THE LAST 1542 00:53:47,424 --> 00:53:51,828 THREE YEARS. SO I HEAR YOU ON 1543 00:53:51,828 --> 00:53:53,363 THAT. AND SO BOTH AS A 1544 00:53:53,363 --> 00:53:55,799 COUNCILMEMBER AND AS A DAD, 1545 00:53:55,799 --> 00:53:57,534 HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. AND WE 1546 00:53:57,534 --> 00:53:58,602 NEED MORE IN DISTRICT ONE TWO, 1547 00:53:58,602 --> 00:54:00,003 BUT LET ME SUPPORT YOU IN 1548 00:54:00,003 --> 00:54:01,438 GETTING YOURS IN YOUR DISTRICT. 1549 00:54:01,438 --> 00:54:02,339 THANK YOU. 1550 00:54:02,339 --> 00:54:04,407 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1551 00:54:04,407 --> 00:54:06,042 FOSTER, FOLLOWED BY RIVERA. 1552 00:54:06,042 --> 00:54:07,911 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 1553 00:54:07,911 --> 00:54:10,213 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER 1554 00:54:10,213 --> 00:54:11,147 KETTLE AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR 1555 00:54:11,147 --> 00:54:12,248 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I JUST 1556 00:54:12,248 --> 00:54:14,551 WANTED TO ASK A CLARIFYING 1557 00:54:14,551 --> 00:54:16,486 QUESTION OR TWO, AND IT'S MY 1558 00:54:16,486 --> 00:54:17,954 UNDERSTANDING AS I READ THIS, 1559 00:54:17,954 --> 00:54:19,189 THAT THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED IS 1560 00:54:19,189 --> 00:54:22,492 TO ENSURE THAT ANY FUNDS THAT 1561 00:54:22,492 --> 00:54:24,127 ARE NOT USED FOR FIELDS, 1 OR 2 1562 00:54:24,127 --> 00:54:25,762 SORT OF STAY WITH THE PROJECT, 1563 00:54:25,762 --> 00:54:27,764 IF YOU WILL, AND ARE USED FOR 1564 00:54:27,764 --> 00:54:29,499 FIELD THREE. AND THEN THOSE 1565 00:54:29,499 --> 00:54:31,134 FUNDS ARE COMBINED WITH THE 1566 00:54:31,134 --> 00:54:31,768 MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE QUEEN 1567 00:54:31,768 --> 00:54:33,737 AND LITTLE LEAGUE, HEART OF THE 1568 00:54:33,737 --> 00:54:35,772 HILL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HAS 1569 00:54:35,772 --> 00:54:36,573 ALREADY RAISED, I SEE HEAD NODS, 1570 00:54:36,573 --> 00:54:39,209 SO I KNOW THAT'S CORRECT. MY 1571 00:54:39,209 --> 00:54:41,711 QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS TO 1572 00:54:41,711 --> 00:54:46,216 THAT? TO THOSE FUNDS? IF THE 1573 00:54:46,216 --> 00:54:48,051 COMBINATION OF THOSE PROVISOS 1574 00:54:48,051 --> 00:54:49,419 FUNDS AND THE $1 MILLION THAT 1575 00:54:49,419 --> 00:54:52,322 HAVE ALREADY BEEN RAISED DO NOT 1576 00:54:52,322 --> 00:54:54,157 EQUATE TO $2.5 MILLION, WHICH IS 1577 00:54:54,157 --> 00:54:55,725 MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOTAL 1578 00:54:55,725 --> 00:54:56,660 NEEDED COST FOR FIELD THREE. 1579 00:54:56,660 --> 00:54:58,328 -- SO I'M GOING TO ASK. THANK 1580 00:54:58,328 --> 00:55:00,463 YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK CENTRAL 1581 00:55:00,463 --> 00:55:02,298 STAFF. AND THEN I'M GOING TO 1582 00:55:02,298 --> 00:55:02,866 ASK COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO 1583 00:55:02,866 --> 00:55:04,801 SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. SO OVER TO 1584 00:55:04,801 --> 00:55:05,001 YOU. 1585 00:55:05,001 --> 00:55:06,803 -- THANK YOU. SO. COUNCILMEMBER 1586 00:55:06,803 --> 00:55:08,171 FOSTER, ARE YOU ASKING WHAT 1587 00:55:08,171 --> 00:55:09,906 HAPPENS IF THERE'S NOT 1588 00:55:09,906 --> 00:55:11,675 SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR FIELD 1589 00:55:11,675 --> 00:55:13,309 THREE? THEN SPR WOULD NEED TO 1590 00:55:13,309 --> 00:55:15,178 IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF 1591 00:55:15,178 --> 00:55:16,746 -- I'M GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK 1592 00:55:16,746 --> 00:55:16,946 WITH. 1593 00:55:16,946 --> 00:55:19,315 -- YEAH. OR THE PRIVATE 1594 00:55:19,315 --> 00:55:20,550 FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN COULD COME 1595 00:55:20,550 --> 00:55:21,718 UP WITH MORE FUNDING. 1596 00:55:21,718 --> 00:55:22,352 -- I'M GOING TO CHECK WITH 1597 00:55:22,352 --> 00:55:23,386 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. WAS THAT 1598 00:55:23,386 --> 00:55:24,087 THE QUESTION YOU ASKED? GREAT. 1599 00:55:24,087 --> 00:55:25,221 AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 1600 00:55:25,221 --> 00:55:26,322 ANYTHING TO ADD? 1601 00:55:26,322 --> 00:55:27,991 -- YES. I JUST WANTED TO 1602 00:55:27,991 --> 00:55:31,327 BASICALLY. THANK YOU. ON THAT. 1603 00:55:31,327 --> 00:55:32,295 AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE 1604 00:55:32,295 --> 00:55:35,799 WORK, THE FIELD ITSELF, YOU CAN 1605 00:55:35,799 --> 00:55:37,667 DIAL UP OR DOWN LIKE THE DUGOUTS 1606 00:55:37,667 --> 00:55:39,069 AND ALL THE VARIOUS PIECES THAT 1607 00:55:39,069 --> 00:55:41,037 GO TO A LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD. SO 1608 00:55:41,037 --> 00:55:43,106 THERE'S CONSIDERATIONS LIKE 1609 00:55:43,106 --> 00:55:44,007 THAT AS WE LOOK THROUGH TO, TO 1610 00:55:44,007 --> 00:55:46,509 COMPLETE THE PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY 1611 00:55:46,509 --> 00:55:49,746 LOOK TO COMPLETE IT FULLY ACROSS 1612 00:55:49,746 --> 00:55:51,481 THE BOARD. BUT IN ADDITION TO 1613 00:55:51,481 --> 00:55:54,784 THE POINT MADE, THERE'S SOME 1614 00:55:54,784 --> 00:55:55,351 DIALING DOWN POTENTIALLY IN 1615 00:55:55,351 --> 00:55:56,653 TERMS OF WHAT WE DO WITH THAT 1616 00:55:56,653 --> 00:55:56,886 FIELD. 1617 00:55:56,886 --> 00:55:58,722 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1618 00:55:58,722 --> 00:55:58,955 FOSTER. 1619 00:55:58,955 --> 00:55:59,589 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1620 00:55:59,589 --> 00:56:01,991 YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. I THE 1621 00:56:01,991 --> 00:56:03,326 INTENT BEHIND MY QUESTION IS 1622 00:56:03,326 --> 00:56:04,861 JUST THINKING ABOUT OTHER. 1623 00:56:04,861 --> 00:56:07,430 ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN 1624 00:56:07,430 --> 00:56:09,532 TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS 1625 00:56:09,532 --> 00:56:10,500 ABOUT WHERE IN THAT INSTANCE, 1626 00:56:10,500 --> 00:56:12,068 THE DEPARTMENT HASN'T BEEN ABLE 1627 00:56:12,068 --> 00:56:14,003 TO SPEND THE RESOURCES. SO MY, 1628 00:56:14,003 --> 00:56:16,039 WHAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT 1629 00:56:16,039 --> 00:56:17,440 AND SMART AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT 1630 00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:18,007 THE WAY THAT COUNCILMEMBER 1631 00:56:18,007 --> 00:56:18,775 KETTLE IS APPROACHING THIS IS 1632 00:56:18,775 --> 00:56:20,210 SORT OF KEEPING IT WITHIN THE 1633 00:56:20,210 --> 00:56:22,078 PROJECT. THE THING I'M A LITTLE 1634 00:56:22,078 --> 00:56:24,581 BIT CONCERNED ABOUT IS JUST 1635 00:56:24,581 --> 00:56:25,615 AROUND THAT. WHAT IF, IF WE 1636 00:56:25,615 --> 00:56:28,385 DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY? WHAT I 1637 00:56:28,385 --> 00:56:30,053 HEARD FROM THE COUNCILMEMBER IS 1638 00:56:30,053 --> 00:56:32,922 THAT THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1639 00:56:32,922 --> 00:56:33,490 POTENTIALLY SCALE BACK THE 1640 00:56:33,490 --> 00:56:35,692 IMPROVEMENTS TO MATCH THE 1641 00:56:35,692 --> 00:56:37,594 AVAILABLE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE. 1642 00:56:37,594 --> 00:56:39,262 IS THAT ALIGNED WITH YOUR 1643 00:56:39,262 --> 00:56:40,697 UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT? 1644 00:56:40,697 --> 00:56:41,698 CENTRAL STAFF. I ESSENTIALLY 1645 00:56:41,698 --> 00:56:43,166 WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE FUNDS 1646 00:56:43,166 --> 00:56:45,635 DON'T END UP SITTING THERE AND 1647 00:56:45,635 --> 00:56:47,470 BEING UNUSED WHILE WE ARE 1648 00:56:47,470 --> 00:56:49,539 WAITING FOR THE TO REACH THE 1649 00:56:49,539 --> 00:56:49,839 FINAL 2.5. 1650 00:56:49,839 --> 00:56:52,142 -- THANK YOU. THE MOST RECENT 1651 00:56:52,142 --> 00:56:52,809 INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED 1652 00:56:52,809 --> 00:56:57,347 FROM SPR IS THAT IT'S A PERFECT 1653 00:56:57,347 --> 00:56:57,847 MATCH BETWEEN POTENTIAL 1654 00:56:57,847 --> 00:56:59,883 UNDERSPEND AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO 1655 00:56:59,883 --> 00:57:02,085 COMPLETE THESE FIELD. THREE 1656 00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:03,553 IMPROVEMENTS. SO IT SEEMS LIKELY 1657 00:57:03,553 --> 00:57:04,788 TO HAPPEN IS THAT ALL THE FUNDS 1658 00:57:04,788 --> 00:57:07,157 WILL BE SPENT. I THINK WHAT IS 1659 00:57:07,157 --> 00:57:07,724 UNKNOWN IS WILL THEY ALL BE 1660 00:57:07,724 --> 00:57:10,760 SPENT IN 2027, OR WILL SOME OF 1661 00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:12,662 THEM BE SPENT IN 2028? BUT ALL 1662 00:57:12,662 --> 00:57:14,330 OF THE FUNDS WILL LIKELY BE 1663 00:57:14,330 --> 00:57:15,298 SPENT. FROM WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT 1664 00:57:15,298 --> 00:57:16,833 NOW. 1665 00:57:16,833 --> 00:57:17,400 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1666 00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:20,670 FOSTER, YOU STILL GOT THE FLOOR. 1667 00:57:20,670 --> 00:57:21,571 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, 1668 00:57:21,571 --> 00:57:23,339 CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I 1669 00:57:23,339 --> 00:57:26,876 JUST MY FINAL QUESTION ON THIS 1670 00:57:26,876 --> 00:57:29,179 IS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION 1671 00:57:29,179 --> 00:57:29,779 SCHEDULE ANTICIPATED FOR THE 1672 00:57:29,779 --> 00:57:31,981 PROJECT AND WITH THE ANTICIPATED 1673 00:57:31,981 --> 00:57:35,652 RENEWAL OF THE PARKS LEVY IS 1674 00:57:35,652 --> 00:57:37,220 THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY IT SOUNDS 1675 00:57:37,220 --> 00:57:39,155 LIKE THIS PROJECT WOULD HAPPEN 1676 00:57:39,155 --> 00:57:41,624 IN 2027. IS THAT CORRECT? 1677 00:57:41,624 --> 00:57:43,092 -- I BELIEVE SO, YES. 1678 00:57:43,092 --> 00:57:44,093 -- OKAY. THAT ANSWERS MY 1679 00:57:44,093 --> 00:57:45,461 QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1680 00:57:45,461 --> 00:57:47,397 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1681 00:57:47,397 --> 00:57:48,231 RIVERA. 1682 00:57:48,231 --> 00:57:52,202 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 1683 00:57:52,202 --> 00:57:52,735 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, FOR 1684 00:57:52,735 --> 00:57:54,270 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I 1685 00:57:54,270 --> 00:57:56,973 APPRECIATE THAT THIS HAS A MATCH 1686 00:57:56,973 --> 00:57:58,308 FROM YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A A 1687 00:57:58,308 --> 00:58:02,111 LITTLE BIT OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE. 1688 00:58:02,111 --> 00:58:05,148 PROJECT. I REALLY ALSO 1689 00:58:05,148 --> 00:58:07,183 APPRECIATE AND WANT TO 1690 00:58:07,183 --> 00:58:07,817 UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 1691 00:58:07,817 --> 00:58:12,021 GIRLS, THE SOFTBALL FIELDS. WE 1692 00:58:12,021 --> 00:58:14,858 DON'T DO ENOUGH TO SUPPORT 1693 00:58:14,858 --> 00:58:16,726 GIRLS FIELDS THAT THEY CAN PLAY 1694 00:58:16,726 --> 00:58:18,528 ON. AND SO WE NEED TO DO 1695 00:58:18,528 --> 00:58:21,197 EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO REALLY 1696 00:58:21,197 --> 00:58:24,267 SUPPORT OUR GIRLS AS WELL. IN 1697 00:58:24,267 --> 00:58:26,336 GENERAL THOUGH, AND, AND THANK 1698 00:58:26,336 --> 00:58:27,604 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOR 1699 00:58:27,604 --> 00:58:29,072 RAISING. THERE ARE FIELDS ALL 1700 00:58:29,072 --> 00:58:30,039 OVER THE CITY AND ALL OUR 1701 00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:31,808 DISTRICTS, AND THEY'RE ALL 1702 00:58:31,808 --> 00:58:32,542 IMPORTANT. I APPRECIATE YOU, 1703 00:58:32,542 --> 00:58:33,843 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, FOR 1704 00:58:33,843 --> 00:58:36,179 BRINGING THIS IN. AND I ALSO 1705 00:58:36,179 --> 00:58:37,714 NOTE THAT MY KIDS PLAYED SOCCER 1706 00:58:37,714 --> 00:58:38,882 VERY, VERY LONG TIME AGO AT THIS 1707 00:58:38,882 --> 00:58:41,150 POINT. BUT WE USED TO TRAVEL ALL 1708 00:58:41,150 --> 00:58:43,920 OVER THE CITY TO PLAY SOCCER. SO 1709 00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:45,488 I KNOW THAT THESE FIELDS ARE NOT 1710 00:58:45,488 --> 00:58:47,123 GOING TO ONLY BE UTILIZED BY THE 1711 00:58:47,123 --> 00:58:49,859 KIDS UP ON QUEEN ANNE, BUT KIDS 1712 00:58:49,859 --> 00:58:51,027 FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS 1713 00:58:51,027 --> 00:58:57,433 WELL. SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS 1714 00:58:57,433 --> 00:58:58,835 PARTICULAR REQUEST. THANK YOU. 1715 00:58:58,835 --> 00:59:01,404 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 1716 00:59:01,404 --> 00:59:03,239 DISCUSSION? FINAL DISCUSSION. 1717 00:59:03,239 --> 00:59:04,941 ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? 1718 00:59:04,941 --> 00:59:05,575 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. WE HAD A 1719 00:59:05,575 --> 00:59:07,176 LONG DISCUSSION, SO IF THERE'S 1720 00:59:07,176 --> 00:59:07,844 ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CLOSE US 1721 00:59:07,844 --> 00:59:08,311 OUT WITH. 1722 00:59:08,311 --> 00:59:10,480 -- JUST INVITE YOU ALL TO 1723 00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:12,015 SOMETIME IN EARLY SUMMER WHEN WE 1724 00:59:12,015 --> 00:59:12,982 HAVE SHOVELS IN THE DIRT ON THE 1725 00:59:12,982 --> 00:59:14,550 GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, YOU'RE 1726 00:59:14,550 --> 00:59:15,885 ALL INVITED. 1727 00:59:15,885 --> 00:59:17,420 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1728 00:59:17,420 --> 00:59:18,888 KETTLE. THIS IS WHERE I'LL ASK 1729 00:59:18,888 --> 00:59:19,923 FOR CO-SPONSORS. IF YOU WOULD 1730 00:59:19,923 --> 00:59:22,125 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SPR ONE A 1731 00:59:22,125 --> 00:59:26,095 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 1732 00:59:26,095 --> 00:59:29,365 THIS TIME. I HAVE AND ARE WE 1733 00:59:29,365 --> 00:59:31,601 SET? EVERYONE SET. I'VE GOT 1734 00:59:31,601 --> 00:59:32,769 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, SAKA AND 1735 00:59:32,769 --> 00:59:34,370 LIN ADDING THEIR NAMES TO SPR 1736 00:59:34,370 --> 00:59:35,572 ONE AYE ONE. 1737 00:59:35,572 --> 00:59:37,340 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, RIVERA, SAKA 1738 00:59:37,340 --> 00:59:37,607 AND LIN. 1739 00:59:37,607 --> 00:59:40,009 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO SPR 1740 00:59:40,009 --> 00:59:41,744 TWO A ONE. 1741 00:59:41,744 --> 00:59:44,781 -- SPR TWO A WOULD INCREASE 1742 00:59:44,781 --> 00:59:47,517 APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR BY 325,000 1743 00:59:47,517 --> 00:59:50,620 GENERAL FUND ONE TIME IN 2027 1744 00:59:50,620 --> 00:59:52,922 AND 300,000 GENERAL FUND ONE 1745 00:59:52,922 --> 00:59:57,193 TIME IN 2028 FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT 1746 00:59:57,193 --> 00:59:59,262 ROXHILL PARK. THIS ITEM IS 1747 00:59:59,262 --> 00:59:59,896 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1748 00:59:59,896 --> 01:00:02,532 AND CO-SPONSORED BY 1749 01:00:02,532 --> 01:00:03,166 COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1750 01:00:03,166 --> 01:00:04,300 KETTLE. 1751 01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:04,934 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1752 01:00:04,934 --> 01:00:06,202 SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU'RE 1753 01:00:06,202 --> 01:00:06,903 RECOGNIZED. 1754 01:00:06,903 --> 01:00:08,838 -- THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. SO 1755 01:00:08,838 --> 01:00:10,907 THIS IS A ROCK HILL PARK SAFETY 1756 01:00:10,907 --> 01:00:13,042 AND RESTORATION PACKAGE, 1757 01:00:13,042 --> 01:00:15,178 COLLEAGUES. AND SOME ADDITIONAL 1758 01:00:15,178 --> 01:00:16,980 BACKGROUND. I RECENTLY HAD THE 1759 01:00:16,980 --> 01:00:18,915 PLEASURE OF TAKING A WALKING 1760 01:00:18,915 --> 01:00:21,084 TOUR WITH OR AT ROXHILL PARK 1761 01:00:21,084 --> 01:00:22,485 WITH RESIDENTS FROM THE NEARBY 1762 01:00:22,485 --> 01:00:23,920 VILLAGE GREEN, WHICH IS A 1763 01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:26,456 RETIREMENT COMMUNITY THAT ABUTS 1764 01:00:26,456 --> 01:00:28,992 ROXHILL PARK, AND IT INCLUDED 1765 01:00:28,992 --> 01:00:30,526 SENIORS WHO SPOKE VERY CANDIDLY 1766 01:00:30,526 --> 01:00:33,129 AND PLAINLY ABOUT THE NOTABLE 1767 01:00:33,129 --> 01:00:36,232 SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY, 1768 01:00:36,232 --> 01:00:38,968 VISIBILITY, CHALLENGES AND SOME 1769 01:00:38,968 --> 01:00:42,105 OF THE RECURRING ENCAMPMENT 1770 01:00:42,105 --> 01:00:44,407 IMPACTS FROM NEARBY ENCAMPMENTS. 1771 01:00:44,407 --> 01:00:47,944 TRAGICALLY, SOON AFTERWARDS, THE 1772 01:00:47,944 --> 01:00:50,213 AREA EXPERIENCED A SHOOTING AND 1773 01:00:50,213 --> 01:00:52,915 A STABBING AMID ESCALATING 1774 01:00:52,915 --> 01:00:55,585 COMMUNITY CONCERNS. THOSE 1775 01:00:55,585 --> 01:00:56,219 INCIDENTS REINFORCED THE URGENCY 1776 01:00:56,219 --> 01:00:58,054 TO DO BETTER FOR THAT PARTICULAR 1777 01:00:58,054 --> 01:01:00,423 PARK. ROCHDALE PARK. THAT'S WHAT 1778 01:01:00,423 --> 01:01:05,561 THIS PACKAGE SEEKS TO DO. THIS 1779 01:01:05,561 --> 01:01:06,195 PACKAGE INVESTS CRITICAL FUNDING 1780 01:01:06,195 --> 01:01:08,364 FOR LIGHTING CLEARER SIGHT 1781 01:01:08,364 --> 01:01:10,933 LINES, WAYFINDING, DEFERRED 1782 01:01:10,933 --> 01:01:13,970 MAINTENANCE, MORE FREQUENT AND 1783 01:01:13,970 --> 01:01:16,939 FASTER VEGETATION TREE TRIMMING 1784 01:01:16,939 --> 01:01:20,109 SERVICES AND CRIME PREVENTION 1785 01:01:20,109 --> 01:01:21,377 THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN 1786 01:01:21,377 --> 01:01:24,714 IMPROVEMENTS. WE ALL LOVE SEPTET 1787 01:01:24,714 --> 01:01:26,649 ROCKS HILL IS THE LARGEST OPEN 1788 01:01:26,649 --> 01:01:29,085 SPACE SERVING THIS PART OF 1789 01:01:29,085 --> 01:01:32,221 SOUTHWEST SEATTLE. IT SHOULD 1790 01:01:32,221 --> 01:01:36,492 FEEL LIKE A PARK FOR FAMILIES, 1791 01:01:36,492 --> 01:01:37,927 SENIORS AND KIDS, NOT A PLACE 1792 01:01:37,927 --> 01:01:41,497 WHERE NEIGHBORS ARE WARNED TO 1793 01:01:41,497 --> 01:01:42,832 AVOID. I ALSO NOTE THAT THIS IS 1794 01:01:42,832 --> 01:01:44,634 DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM 1795 01:01:44,634 --> 01:01:48,171 AN IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL 1796 01:01:48,171 --> 01:01:50,573 CORRIDOR. WESTWOOD VILLAGE A LOT 1797 01:01:50,573 --> 01:01:53,376 OF BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES 1798 01:01:53,376 --> 01:01:57,113 DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET THIS 1799 01:01:57,113 --> 01:02:00,249 INVESTMENT IS PREVENTION BY 1800 01:02:00,249 --> 01:02:02,085 DESIGN. RESTORE THE PARK, MAKE 1801 01:02:02,085 --> 01:02:06,089 PROBLEMS EASIER TO SEE AND 1802 01:02:06,089 --> 01:02:06,622 ADDRESS, AND WELCOME THE 1803 01:02:06,622 --> 01:02:11,027 COMMUNITY BACK. I WANT TO THANK 1804 01:02:11,027 --> 01:02:14,831 MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBERS, 1805 01:02:14,831 --> 01:02:15,465 KETTLE AND HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCIL 1806 01:02:15,465 --> 01:02:17,166 PRESIDENT FOR SPONSORING THIS 1807 01:02:17,166 --> 01:02:19,001 AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK 1808 01:02:19,001 --> 01:02:19,202 YOU. 1809 01:02:19,202 --> 01:02:20,236 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1810 01:02:20,236 --> 01:02:21,804 JUAREZ. ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING 1811 01:02:21,804 --> 01:02:25,408 AT THIS TIME. COLLEAGUES. 1812 01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:27,210 DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. FURTHER 1813 01:02:27,210 --> 01:02:28,411 DISCUSSION. ONE TWO THREE. FOUR 1814 01:02:28,411 --> 01:02:30,546 FIVE. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE 1815 01:02:30,546 --> 01:02:31,681 CURRENTLY SITTING AT QUORUM, SO 1816 01:02:31,681 --> 01:02:32,648 NONE OF US CAN LEAVE UNTIL 1817 01:02:32,648 --> 01:02:33,983 SOMEBODY ELSE COMES BACK. JUST 1818 01:02:33,983 --> 01:02:38,521 FOR AWARENESS. SEEING NO FURTHER 1819 01:02:38,521 --> 01:02:40,356 DISCUSSION. IF IF YOU WANT TO 1820 01:02:40,356 --> 01:02:41,257 CO-SPONSOR SPR TWO A ONE, PLEASE 1821 01:02:41,257 --> 01:02:44,160 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. 1822 01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:44,894 SEEING NO ADDITIONAL 1823 01:02:44,894 --> 01:02:49,732 CO-SPONSORS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO 1824 01:02:49,732 --> 01:02:49,999 SPR 3SA1. 1825 01:02:49,999 --> 01:02:52,101 -- SPR 3SA WOULD ESTABLISH A 1826 01:02:52,101 --> 01:02:54,971 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT 1827 01:02:54,971 --> 01:02:56,973 REQUESTING SPR IN CONSULTATION 1828 01:02:56,973 --> 01:02:58,841 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1829 01:02:58,841 --> 01:03:03,446 AND EARLY LEARNING, TO REPORT ON 1830 01:03:03,446 --> 01:03:03,980 POTENTIAL DELRIDGE YOUTH 1831 01:03:03,980 --> 01:03:04,614 RECREATION CAPITAL PROJECTS. 1832 01:03:04,614 --> 01:03:06,449 THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY 1833 01:03:06,449 --> 01:03:08,284 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 1834 01:03:08,284 --> 01:03:08,918 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 1835 01:03:08,918 --> 01:03:09,952 LIN AND HOLLINGSWORTH. 1836 01:03:09,952 --> 01:03:10,987 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1837 01:03:10,987 --> 01:03:12,822 SAKA. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1838 01:03:12,822 --> 01:03:15,057 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THIS IS THE 1839 01:03:15,057 --> 01:03:17,527 DELRIDGE YOUTH RECREATIONAL 1840 01:03:17,527 --> 01:03:19,662 CAPITAL PLAN AND ON DELRIDGE 1841 01:03:19,662 --> 01:03:20,663 DAY, I WON'T STAND FOR THIS 1842 01:03:20,663 --> 01:03:23,332 ONE, BUT IT IS STILL DELRIDGE 1843 01:03:23,332 --> 01:03:24,367 DAY WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 1844 01:03:24,367 --> 01:03:27,436 PEOPLE WHO INHERIT THIS 1845 01:03:27,436 --> 01:03:30,439 NEIGHBORHOOD AS YOUNG PEOPLE. 1846 01:03:30,439 --> 01:03:32,942 THIS SLIDE ASKS PARKS PARTNERING 1847 01:03:32,942 --> 01:03:37,847 CLOSELY WITH DEAL TO ENGAGE 1848 01:03:37,847 --> 01:03:38,447 DELRIDGE YOUTH AND DEVELOP A 1849 01:03:38,447 --> 01:03:40,983 PRIORITIZED LIST OF RECREATION 1850 01:03:40,983 --> 01:03:42,685 CAPITAL NEEDS AT THE COMMUNITY 1851 01:03:42,685 --> 01:03:45,288 CENTER. THE PLAY FIELD AND 1852 01:03:45,288 --> 01:03:50,426 NEARBY PARK SPACES THAT COULD 1853 01:03:50,426 --> 01:03:50,960 INCLUDE THINGS LIKE COURT 1854 01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:52,762 RESURFACING, FIELD REPAIRS, 1855 01:03:52,762 --> 01:03:54,564 BETTER LIGHTING EQUIPMENT, 1856 01:03:54,564 --> 01:03:57,500 GATHERING SPACES, ENHANCEMENTS, 1857 01:03:57,500 --> 01:03:59,902 OR COMMUNITY CENTER 1858 01:03:59,902 --> 01:04:02,772 IMPROVEMENTS. THE REPORT MUST 1859 01:04:02,772 --> 01:04:04,941 INCLUDE COSTS, TIMELINES, 1860 01:04:04,941 --> 01:04:05,875 FUNDING OPTIONS AND TRADE OFFS. 1861 01:04:05,875 --> 01:04:09,846 IN OTHER WORDS, NOT JUST A WISH 1862 01:04:09,846 --> 01:04:13,216 LIST, BUT A PATHWAY TO ACTION. 1863 01:04:13,216 --> 01:04:15,084 YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE SAFE, HIGH 1864 01:04:15,084 --> 01:04:17,353 QUALITY PLACES TO PLAY, GATHER 1865 01:04:17,353 --> 01:04:21,591 AND LEAD. DELRIDGE DESERVES A 1866 01:04:21,591 --> 01:04:24,961 RECREATION PLAN BUILT WITH YOUTH 1867 01:04:24,961 --> 01:04:30,066 IN MIND, NOT SIMPLY HANDED TO 1868 01:04:30,066 --> 01:04:32,068 THEM. DESIGNED FOR THEM. I WANT 1869 01:04:32,068 --> 01:04:34,437 TO THANK MY COUNCILMEMBER 1870 01:04:34,437 --> 01:04:36,405 COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1871 01:04:36,405 --> 01:04:41,944 AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR YOUR 1872 01:04:41,944 --> 01:04:43,746 COSPONSORSHIP, AND I ASK FOR 1873 01:04:43,746 --> 01:04:45,181 YOUR SUPPORT. COLLEAGUES. THANK 1874 01:04:45,181 --> 01:04:45,381 YOU. 1875 01:04:45,381 --> 01:04:46,882 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1876 01:04:46,882 --> 01:04:48,851 JUAREZ ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING. 1877 01:04:48,851 --> 01:04:51,687 NOTHING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. 1878 01:04:51,687 --> 01:04:54,891 COLLEAGUES, ANY DISCUSSION? ANY 1879 01:04:54,891 --> 01:04:58,494 FINAL DISCUSSION? ANY 1880 01:04:58,494 --> 01:05:01,497 CO-SPONSORS FOR SPR 3SA1. I HAVE 1881 01:05:01,497 --> 01:05:04,767 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER ANY OTHERS? 1882 01:05:04,767 --> 01:05:07,270 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ANY OTHERS? 1883 01:05:07,270 --> 01:05:09,205 WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 1884 01:05:09,205 --> 01:05:11,507 FOSTER ADDING TO SPR 3SA1. 1885 01:05:11,507 --> 01:05:12,975 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. RINCK AND 1886 01:05:12,975 --> 01:05:13,209 FOSTER. 1887 01:05:13,209 --> 01:05:16,178 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO SPR 1888 01:05:16,178 --> 01:05:18,714 FIVE A ONE. 1889 01:05:18,714 --> 01:05:19,148 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. 1890 01:05:19,148 --> 01:05:21,183 -- TRACY RATZLAFF CENTRAL STAFF 1891 01:05:21,183 --> 01:05:23,886 SPR FIVE A WOULD INCREASE SPR BY 1892 01:05:23,886 --> 01:05:25,755 $175,000 OF GENERAL FUND IN 2027 1893 01:05:25,755 --> 01:05:28,791 AND 2028 FOR RECREATIONAL 1894 01:05:28,791 --> 01:05:31,661 PROGRAM AT COMMUNITY CENTER AND 1895 01:05:31,661 --> 01:05:33,696 INCREASE SDOT BY $50,000. 1896 01:05:33,696 --> 01:05:38,034 GENERAL FUND IN 2027. ONE TIME 1897 01:05:38,034 --> 01:05:38,668 FOR TRAFFIC MONITORING CAMERAS 1898 01:05:38,668 --> 01:05:40,903 AND $275,000 OF GENERAL FUND IN 1899 01:05:40,903 --> 01:05:43,906 2027, ONE TIME FOR PUBLIC REALM 1900 01:05:43,906 --> 01:05:46,509 IMPROVEMENTS IN. HI. THIS IS 1901 01:05:46,509 --> 01:05:47,143 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1902 01:05:47,143 --> 01:05:48,878 WITH CO-SPONSORS KETTLE AND 1903 01:05:48,878 --> 01:05:52,181 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1904 01:05:52,181 --> 01:05:52,748 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1905 01:05:52,748 --> 01:05:53,516 SAKA. AS SPONSOR OF THE 1906 01:05:53,516 --> 01:05:56,052 PROPOSAL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1907 01:05:56,052 --> 01:05:56,686 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. COLLEAGUES. 1908 01:05:56,686 --> 01:05:59,121 THIS IS THE PUBLIC SPACE SAFETY 1909 01:05:59,121 --> 01:06:02,558 AND RECREATION RESTORATION 1910 01:06:02,558 --> 01:06:03,326 PACKAGE. LCI IS ONE OF 1911 01:06:03,326 --> 01:06:05,194 SEATTLE'S MOST TREASURED 1912 01:06:05,194 --> 01:06:07,196 DESTINATIONS. INDEED, IT'S ONE 1913 01:06:07,196 --> 01:06:09,765 OF THE TOP REGIONAL DESTINATIONS 1914 01:06:09,765 --> 01:06:11,600 FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF 1915 01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:13,436 SEATTLE. IT'S ALSO A 1916 01:06:13,436 --> 01:06:15,271 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PEOPLE WHO 1917 01:06:15,271 --> 01:06:18,641 LIVE AND WORK THERE EXPERIENCE 1918 01:06:18,641 --> 01:06:20,976 PRESSURES THAT A POSTCARD SIMPLY 1919 01:06:20,976 --> 01:06:25,348 CANNOT SHOW OR EXPRESS. THIS 1920 01:06:25,348 --> 01:06:27,483 EXCITING PACKAGE RESPONDS 1921 01:06:27,483 --> 01:06:30,252 DIRECTLY TO YEARS OF COMMUNITY 1922 01:06:30,252 --> 01:06:33,222 REQUESTS, WITH $500,000 IN 2027 1923 01:06:33,222 --> 01:06:35,891 AND CONTINUED RECREATION FUNDING 1924 01:06:35,891 --> 01:06:38,594 IN 28, IT RESTORES PUBLIC HOURS 1925 01:06:38,594 --> 01:06:40,730 AND HIGH DEMAND PROGRAMING AT 1926 01:06:40,730 --> 01:06:43,632 THE LCI COMMUNITY CENTER AND 1927 01:06:43,632 --> 01:06:46,702 BATHHOUSE, INCLUDING 1928 01:06:46,702 --> 01:06:50,272 OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH, OLDER 1929 01:06:50,272 --> 01:06:51,607 ADULTS AND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS 1930 01:06:51,607 --> 01:06:52,808 ROLLER SKATING, YOGA, TAI CHI 1931 01:06:52,808 --> 01:06:59,448 AND DROP IN BASKETBALL. IT FUNDS 1932 01:06:59,448 --> 01:07:03,786 NON-ENFORCEMENT TRAFFIC 1933 01:07:03,786 --> 01:07:05,554 MONITORING CAMERAS WITHIN SDOT 1934 01:07:05,554 --> 01:07:09,291 ALONG ALKI AVENUE, INCLUDING 1935 01:07:09,291 --> 01:07:10,826 RESTAURANT ROW, TO IMPROVE REAL 1936 01:07:10,826 --> 01:07:12,995 TIME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND 1937 01:07:12,995 --> 01:07:15,231 MONITORING DURING CROWDED 1938 01:07:15,231 --> 01:07:18,234 PERIODS. IT'S BEEN SOME HIGH 1939 01:07:18,234 --> 01:07:22,938 PROFILE INCIDENTS, INCLUDING 1940 01:07:22,938 --> 01:07:23,539 CARS CRASHING INTO PEOPLE AND 1941 01:07:23,539 --> 01:07:25,374 OTHER CARS AND CAREENING OFF AND 1942 01:07:25,374 --> 01:07:27,109 INTO THE INTO THE BEACH, INTO 1943 01:07:27,109 --> 01:07:33,315 THE WATER IT ALSO SUPPORTS 1944 01:07:33,315 --> 01:07:35,851 IMPORTANT BEACH ACCESS SEASON 1945 01:07:35,851 --> 01:07:38,220 CROWD MANAGEMENT, 1946 01:07:38,220 --> 01:07:39,822 INFRASTRUCTURE, SEASONAL CROWD 1947 01:07:39,822 --> 01:07:40,389 MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, 1948 01:07:40,389 --> 01:07:42,191 RATHER PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, BIKE 1949 01:07:42,191 --> 01:07:44,760 PARKING, WAYFINDING SEATING, 1950 01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:46,996 PLANTERS AND OTHER PUBLIC REALM 1951 01:07:46,996 --> 01:07:48,731 IMPROVEMENTS. SO THIS IS ONE 1952 01:07:48,731 --> 01:07:50,766 WHERE THERE'S BOTH A CAPITAL 1953 01:07:50,766 --> 01:07:53,502 COMPONENT FOR KIND OF SMALLER 1954 01:07:53,502 --> 01:07:55,704 UPGRADES ALONG THE, THE LINE OF 1955 01:07:55,704 --> 01:07:57,740 WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND A 1956 01:07:57,740 --> 01:08:00,643 PROGRAMING OPERATIONAL COMPONENT 1957 01:08:00,643 --> 01:08:02,578 WITH RESPECT TO RESTORING 1958 01:08:02,578 --> 01:08:03,145 PROGRAMING AT THE COMMUNITY 1959 01:08:03,145 --> 01:08:06,782 CENTER AND BATHHOUSE. THIS IS 1960 01:08:06,782 --> 01:08:08,584 NOT ONE ISOLATED FIX. IT IS A 1961 01:08:08,584 --> 01:08:11,020 COORDINATED APPROACH TO 1962 01:08:11,020 --> 01:08:15,324 RECREATION, MOBILITY, SAFETY AND 1963 01:08:15,324 --> 01:08:18,194 PUBLIC SPACE. THE GOAL IS FAIRLY 1964 01:08:18,194 --> 01:08:20,996 STRAIGHTFORWARD. LCI SHOULD BE 1965 01:08:20,996 --> 01:08:24,166 VIBRANT WITHOUT BEING CHAOTIC, 1966 01:08:24,166 --> 01:08:26,702 WELCOMING WITHOUT BEING 1967 01:08:26,702 --> 01:08:28,904 NEGLECTED, AND ENJOYABLE FOR 1968 01:08:28,904 --> 01:08:31,140 VISITORS, WITHOUT SACRIFICING 1969 01:08:31,140 --> 01:08:33,142 THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR 1970 01:08:33,142 --> 01:08:35,845 RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. 1971 01:08:35,845 --> 01:08:37,847 THAT'S IT. I WANT TO THANK MY 1972 01:08:37,847 --> 01:08:39,849 COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUES FOR 1973 01:08:39,849 --> 01:08:42,184 YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HELPING TO 1974 01:08:42,184 --> 01:08:42,651 SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. 1975 01:08:42,651 --> 01:08:44,753 COUNCILMEMBERS KETTLE AND 1976 01:08:44,753 --> 01:08:46,188 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 1977 01:08:46,188 --> 01:08:47,456 AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 1978 01:08:47,456 --> 01:08:49,658 COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. 1979 01:08:49,658 --> 01:08:50,259 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1980 01:08:50,259 --> 01:08:52,161 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1981 01:08:52,161 --> 01:08:54,330 ANYTHING TO ADD? YES, YES. 1982 01:08:54,330 --> 01:08:55,998 -- I SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE SAID 1983 01:08:55,998 --> 01:08:57,066 THIS IN THE BEGINNING. YOU'RE 1984 01:08:57,066 --> 01:08:59,201 FINE. THANK YOU, MR. COUNCIL. 1985 01:08:59,201 --> 01:09:00,803 MISTER CHAIR. SO I KNOW THAT 1986 01:09:00,803 --> 01:09:03,539 THERE ARE LIKE 17 COUNCIL BUDGET 1987 01:09:03,539 --> 01:09:05,808 ACTIONS HERE AND I'M I'M 1988 01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:07,743 WITHHOLDING MY COMMENTS ONLY 1989 01:09:07,743 --> 01:09:10,079 BECAUSE I AM THE PRESIDENT OF 1990 01:09:10,079 --> 01:09:10,946 THE MPD, THE METROPOLITAN OR 1991 01:09:10,946 --> 01:09:12,214 SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT. WE 1992 01:09:12,214 --> 01:09:12,915 ADDRESS SOME OF THE SIX YEAR 1993 01:09:12,915 --> 01:09:15,784 CYCLE IN COMMITTEE. SOME OF 1994 01:09:15,784 --> 01:09:17,253 THESE ISSUES CAN BE CAN BE 1995 01:09:17,253 --> 01:09:18,754 ACTUALLY FUNDED. I THINK IN THIS 1996 01:09:18,754 --> 01:09:20,656 NEXT CYCLE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M 1997 01:09:20,656 --> 01:09:22,591 KIND OF HOLDING BACK. BUT THE 1998 01:09:22,591 --> 01:09:23,692 QUESTION I HAD RIGHT NOW, AND 1999 01:09:23,692 --> 01:09:25,127 I'M GLAD WE HAVE OUR CENTRAL 2000 01:09:25,127 --> 01:09:29,431 STAFF FOLKS HERE, IS TO YOU, 2001 01:09:29,431 --> 01:09:31,367 MISTER CHAIR, WE ARE ON THE 2002 01:09:31,367 --> 01:09:35,504 WE'RE ON THE SLIDE PART OF 2003 01:09:35,504 --> 01:09:36,839 O55SA1S SLIDE RIGHT. WE'RE NOT 2004 01:09:36,839 --> 01:09:39,842 ON THE THE ONE BEFORE THAT. 2005 01:09:39,842 --> 01:09:40,843 RIGHT. SO THE ONE. 2006 01:09:40,843 --> 01:09:42,111 -- ONE BEFORE THAT. SO NOT THE 2007 01:09:42,111 --> 01:09:43,212 SLIDE YET. 2008 01:09:43,212 --> 01:09:45,514 -- RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE CONNECTED. 2009 01:09:45,514 --> 01:09:47,750 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO I'M GOOD 2010 01:09:47,750 --> 01:09:48,584 THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO 2011 01:09:48,584 --> 01:09:50,386 SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. 2012 01:09:50,386 --> 01:09:52,121 -- OKAY. GREAT. COLLEAGUES. ANY 2013 01:09:52,121 --> 01:09:54,990 OTHER DISCUSSION COUNCILMEMBER 2014 01:09:54,990 --> 01:09:55,224 FOSTER. 2015 01:09:55,224 --> 01:09:56,091 -- I THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. I 2016 01:09:56,091 --> 01:09:58,060 JUST HAD A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING 2017 01:09:58,060 --> 01:10:01,964 QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THE 2018 01:10:01,964 --> 01:10:04,733 APPROACH, I KNOW THAT THE THIS 2019 01:10:04,733 --> 01:10:05,834 HAS AN AD OF 500,000 IN THE 2020 01:10:05,834 --> 01:10:10,839 FIRST YEAR AND THEN 175 AFTER 2021 01:10:10,839 --> 01:10:12,374 THAT. THE SECOND YEAR. 2022 01:10:12,374 --> 01:10:13,742 -- IS THIS COUNCIL CENTRAL 2023 01:10:13,742 --> 01:10:13,976 STAFF. 2024 01:10:13,976 --> 01:10:17,212 -- FOR ACTUALLY FOR 50. OH, 2025 01:10:17,212 --> 01:10:18,380 SORRY. NOPE. WRONG ONE. HOLD, 2026 01:10:18,380 --> 01:10:23,152 HOLD ON. 500,000. YES. IN YEAR 2027 01:10:23,152 --> 01:10:24,253 ONE AND 175 IN YEAR TWO. 2028 01:10:24,253 --> 01:10:26,956 -- GOT IT. AND THEN FOR THE 175 2029 01:10:26,956 --> 01:10:28,424 IN THE YEAR TWO, AS I'M LOOKING 2030 01:10:28,424 --> 01:10:30,459 AT THIS, THAT'S THE ONGOING FOR 2031 01:10:30,459 --> 01:10:32,194 THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING. I 2032 01:10:32,194 --> 01:10:34,997 JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE 2033 01:10:34,997 --> 01:10:36,031 TRAFFIC MONITORING CAMERAS. IT 2034 01:10:36,031 --> 01:10:38,701 LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO AD FOR THE 2035 01:10:38,701 --> 01:10:41,704 TRAFFIC MONITORING CAMERAS IN 2036 01:10:41,704 --> 01:10:42,605 YEAR TWO. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 2037 01:10:42,605 --> 01:10:43,973 JUST A ONE TIME AD, WHICH I 2038 01:10:43,973 --> 01:10:45,507 ASSUME IS FOR THE INSTALLATION 2039 01:10:45,507 --> 01:10:47,843 OF THE CAMERAS. I JUST WANT TO 2040 01:10:47,843 --> 01:10:50,713 CLARIFY, THERE'S NOT ADDITIONAL 2041 01:10:50,713 --> 01:10:52,848 COST RELATED TO MONITORING THE 2042 01:10:52,848 --> 01:10:54,216 CAMERAS AS AS DESCRIBED. 2043 01:10:54,216 --> 01:10:54,883 -- THAT'S NOT BEEN REPORTED TO 2044 01:10:54,883 --> 01:10:57,653 ME BY SDOT THAT THERE IS ONGOING 2045 01:10:57,653 --> 01:11:00,256 MONITORING COSTS. I CAN ASK TO 2046 01:11:00,256 --> 01:11:00,556 TO VERIFY. 2047 01:11:00,556 --> 01:11:01,857 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND 2048 01:11:01,857 --> 01:11:02,458 THEN I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2049 01:11:02,458 --> 01:11:03,125 GOT SOMETHING, BUT I'M GOING TO 2050 01:11:03,125 --> 01:11:05,060 LET YOU CLOSE THE ITEM OUT AT 2051 01:11:05,060 --> 01:11:05,327 THE END. 2052 01:11:05,327 --> 01:11:05,961 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER GOT IT. 2053 01:11:05,961 --> 01:11:07,062 JUST A FEW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS 2054 01:11:07,062 --> 01:11:09,231 ON THIS ONE AND AYE. I CHAIR, IF 2055 01:11:09,231 --> 01:11:12,268 I MAY ASK A QUESTION TO COUNSEL 2056 01:11:12,268 --> 01:11:12,601 THE SPONSOR. 2057 01:11:12,601 --> 01:11:13,335 -- THROUGH ME, YOU CAN. 2058 01:11:13,335 --> 01:11:15,037 -- THANK YOU. I WOULD LOVE TO 2059 01:11:15,037 --> 01:11:17,406 HEAR MORE ABOUT. I'M TRYING TO 2060 01:11:17,406 --> 01:11:18,307 UNDERSTAND IF THESE CAMERAS ARE 2061 01:11:18,307 --> 01:11:20,676 INTENDED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE 2062 01:11:20,676 --> 01:11:21,243 STREET RACING AND THE OTHER 2063 01:11:21,243 --> 01:11:22,511 THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENED 2064 01:11:22,511 --> 01:11:24,847 THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING ON ALKI, 2065 01:11:24,847 --> 01:11:25,948 OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER INTENT 2066 01:11:25,948 --> 01:11:26,282 BEHIND THEM. 2067 01:11:26,282 --> 01:11:27,549 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2068 01:11:27,549 --> 01:11:27,750 SAKA. 2069 01:11:27,750 --> 01:11:29,618 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU. 2070 01:11:29,618 --> 01:11:31,520 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES, THAT 2071 01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:33,455 IN PART, AT LEAST FOR FROM A 2072 01:11:33,455 --> 01:11:38,994 MONITORING PERSPECTIVE, BUT 2073 01:11:38,994 --> 01:11:40,362 THESE ARE NOT ENFORCEMENT 2074 01:11:40,362 --> 01:11:40,996 CAMERAS. I THINK THE DEPARTMENT 2075 01:11:40,996 --> 01:11:43,666 HAS INDICATED THAT IT WOULD NOT 2076 01:11:43,666 --> 01:11:46,368 QUALIFY, DOES NOT MEET THEIR 2077 01:11:46,368 --> 01:11:46,835 CURRENT CRITERIA FOR 2078 01:11:46,835 --> 01:11:50,906 ESTABLISHING OR INSTALLING NEW. 2079 01:11:50,906 --> 01:11:52,341 SDOT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT 2080 01:11:52,341 --> 01:11:54,977 CAMERAS. SO YES, TO TO MONITOR 2081 01:11:54,977 --> 01:11:57,780 THE SITUATION. ASSIST WITH 2082 01:11:57,780 --> 01:11:58,380 SEASONAL CROWD MANAGEMENT AND 2083 01:11:58,380 --> 01:12:00,349 THE LIKE. YES, THAT IS THE 2084 01:12:00,349 --> 01:12:03,652 INTENT AND I'LL ALSO TAKE THIS 2085 01:12:03,652 --> 01:12:06,689 MOMENT TO ADDRESS YOUR OTHER. 2086 01:12:06,689 --> 01:12:07,189 JUST FROM THE SPONSORS 2087 01:12:07,189 --> 01:12:10,225 PERSPECTIVE SO THAT WAS NOT 2088 01:12:10,225 --> 01:12:10,826 IDENTIFIED AS CENTRAL STAFF. 2089 01:12:10,826 --> 01:12:12,494 THAT WAS NOT AS CHAIR OF THE 2090 01:12:12,494 --> 01:12:13,796 COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES 2091 01:12:13,796 --> 01:12:15,698 SDOT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN 2092 01:12:15,698 --> 01:12:16,732 IDENTIFIED TO ME IN TERMS OF 2093 01:12:16,732 --> 01:12:18,200 BECAUSE THERE ARE DOZENS. TO 2094 01:12:18,200 --> 01:12:21,470 ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ONGOING 2095 01:12:21,470 --> 01:12:22,438 COST TO SUPPORT, ONGOING 2096 01:12:22,438 --> 01:12:26,675 MONITORING OF OF THE ROADS 2097 01:12:26,675 --> 01:12:29,345 THERE. ONCE THESE CAMERAS ARE 2098 01:12:29,345 --> 01:12:32,247 INSTALLED AND THERE ARE DOZENS, 2099 01:12:32,247 --> 01:12:33,382 DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS, 2100 01:12:33,382 --> 01:12:36,618 EXACT NUMBER I DON'T HAVE 2101 01:12:36,618 --> 01:12:37,252 OFFHAND, POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS, 2102 01:12:37,252 --> 01:12:39,588 IF YOU CALCULATE THAT OR FIGURE 2103 01:12:39,588 --> 01:12:40,923 THAT THERE'S SOMETIMES MULTIPLE 2104 01:12:40,923 --> 01:12:43,325 AT THE SAME FIXED SITE LOCATION 2105 01:12:43,325 --> 01:12:45,761 OF THESE CAMERAS ACROSS THE 2106 01:12:45,761 --> 01:12:47,196 CITY. AND BY THE WAY, 2107 01:12:47,196 --> 01:12:48,363 COLLEAGUES, I WOULD INVITE ANY 2108 01:12:48,363 --> 01:12:49,498 OF YOU IF YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T 2109 01:12:49,498 --> 01:12:50,966 ALREADY, TAKE A STREET, TAKE A 2110 01:12:50,966 --> 01:12:53,569 TRIP, A FIELD TRIP, IT'S A FUN 2111 01:12:53,569 --> 01:12:55,371 ONE ACROSS THE STREET TO SMC, 2112 01:12:55,371 --> 01:12:58,006 UPSTAIRS TO SDOT TRAFFIC 2113 01:12:58,006 --> 01:12:59,742 OPERATIONS CENTER, WHERE THEY 2114 01:12:59,742 --> 01:13:00,943 ACTUALLY MONITOR THESE IN REAL 2115 01:13:00,943 --> 01:13:03,545 TIME AND RESPOND IN REAL TIME. 2116 01:13:03,545 --> 01:13:07,316 AND FACILITATE, YOU KNOW, 2117 01:13:07,316 --> 01:13:09,251 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND 2118 01:13:09,251 --> 01:13:11,120 CONGESTION RELIEF AND REAL TIME 2119 01:13:11,120 --> 01:13:14,156 IN ANY EVENT. SO ONCE THERE'S 2120 01:13:14,156 --> 01:13:17,159 ONE INSTALLED, THEN THEY'RE ABLE 2121 01:13:17,159 --> 01:13:19,328 TO MONITOR ALL OF THEM AT THE 2122 01:13:19,328 --> 01:13:21,563 TRAFFIC OPERATIONS CENTER. THANK 2123 01:13:21,563 --> 01:13:22,297 YOU. 2124 01:13:22,297 --> 01:13:22,865 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2125 01:13:22,865 --> 01:13:24,099 FOSTER YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. 2126 01:13:24,099 --> 01:13:25,634 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND 2127 01:13:25,634 --> 01:13:28,370 THEN IN RETURNING TO THE FIRST 2128 01:13:28,370 --> 01:13:31,306 PART OF THIS, WHICH IS THE 2129 01:13:31,306 --> 01:13:33,408 $175,000 GENERAL FUND FOR 2130 01:13:33,408 --> 01:13:34,343 RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING, I'D 2131 01:13:34,343 --> 01:13:35,310 LOVE TO UNDERSTAND MORE. AND I 2132 01:13:35,310 --> 01:13:36,211 WILL SAY, OUR OFFICE, I THINK A 2133 01:13:36,211 --> 01:13:38,080 LOT OF US HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF 2134 01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,816 EMAILS FROM FOLKS IN THE 2135 01:13:40,816 --> 01:13:42,084 COMMUNITY REGARDING THEIR STRONG 2136 01:13:42,084 --> 01:13:42,684 DESIRE TO HAVE PROGRAMING AT 2137 01:13:42,684 --> 01:13:45,387 THIS LOCATION. SO I JUST WANT TO 2138 01:13:45,387 --> 01:13:46,054 MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE 2139 01:13:46,054 --> 01:13:50,793 AD. IS THIS INTENDED TO UTILIZE 2140 01:13:50,793 --> 01:13:52,528 EXISTING PARKS STAFF TO PROVIDE 2141 01:13:52,528 --> 01:13:54,530 THESE SERVICES? I JUST WANT TO 2142 01:13:54,530 --> 01:13:57,299 UNDERSTAND HOW THAT 175 IS BEING 2143 01:13:57,299 --> 01:13:59,368 SPENT TO SUPPORT THIS GREAT LIST 2144 01:13:59,368 --> 01:14:01,370 OF LIKE ROLLER SKATING, TAI CHI, 2145 01:14:01,370 --> 01:14:03,071 DROP IN BASKETBALL, ALL OF THOSE 2146 01:14:03,071 --> 01:14:04,573 ACTIVITIES. 2147 01:14:04,573 --> 01:14:04,840 -- TRACY. 2148 01:14:04,840 --> 01:14:06,241 -- THERE HAS BEEN SOME 2149 01:14:06,241 --> 01:14:07,876 CONVERSATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE 2150 01:14:07,876 --> 01:14:10,445 ABOUT WHETHER WE MIGHT WANT TO 2151 01:14:10,445 --> 01:14:11,880 ADD A POSITION IN ADDITION TO 2152 01:14:11,880 --> 01:14:13,115 THE FUNDING FOR THIS, WE DIDN'T 2153 01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:14,316 GET VERY FAR IN THE CONVERSATION 2154 01:14:14,316 --> 01:14:16,752 JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE IN 2155 01:14:16,752 --> 01:14:17,386 THE CONVERSATION, BUT THAT MIGHT 2156 01:14:17,386 --> 01:14:19,454 BE SOMETHING TO TO EXPLORE AS TO 2157 01:14:19,454 --> 01:14:21,056 WHETHER WE WANT TO ADD AN ACTUAL 2158 01:14:21,056 --> 01:14:22,191 POSITION OR A PART PART TIME 2159 01:14:22,191 --> 01:14:23,192 POSITION. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY 2160 01:14:23,192 --> 01:14:24,927 HOW MUCH 175,000, FRANKLY, WOULD 2161 01:14:24,927 --> 01:14:26,462 COVER IN TERMS OF A POSITION. SO 2162 01:14:26,462 --> 01:14:27,396 I THINK THERE'S MORE 2163 01:14:27,396 --> 01:14:29,965 CONVERSATION TO BE HAD IF THIS 2164 01:14:29,965 --> 01:14:30,299 MOVES ALONG. 2165 01:14:30,299 --> 01:14:31,066 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2166 01:14:31,066 --> 01:14:32,801 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOSE ARE 2167 01:14:32,801 --> 01:14:34,536 ALL MY QUESTIONS. I THINK THIS 2168 01:14:34,536 --> 01:14:36,038 IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO 2169 01:14:36,038 --> 01:14:37,239 THEM. REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE 2170 01:14:37,239 --> 01:14:38,006 SPONSOR FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. 2171 01:14:38,006 --> 01:14:39,741 I'M NOT GOING TO ADD MY NAME AS 2172 01:14:39,741 --> 01:14:40,576 A CO-SPONSOR TODAY, BUT I HOPE 2173 01:14:40,576 --> 01:14:42,778 WE GET TO CONTINUE THIS 2174 01:14:42,778 --> 01:14:43,645 CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I THINK 2175 01:14:43,645 --> 01:14:45,113 THERE'S A LOT HERE THAT I'M 2176 01:14:45,113 --> 01:14:46,215 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. AND SO 2177 01:14:46,215 --> 01:14:47,449 THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER 2178 01:14:47,449 --> 01:14:48,750 SAKA, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 2179 01:14:48,750 --> 01:14:51,053 -- THANK YOU. AND WE SEE 2180 01:14:51,053 --> 01:14:53,755 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AGAIN 2181 01:14:53,755 --> 01:14:55,324 -- I JUST HAD A POINT OF ORDER. 2182 01:14:55,324 --> 01:14:57,993 I, I, I THOUGHT WE WERE WE WENT 2183 01:14:57,993 --> 01:15:02,731 BEYOND THE, THE SPR175, THE 175 2184 01:15:02,731 --> 01:15:04,533 RECREATIONAL AND THAT WE WERE 2185 01:15:04,533 --> 01:15:07,269 ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THE SLI. SO 2186 01:15:07,269 --> 01:15:08,136 WHICH ONE ARE WE DISCUSSING? 2187 01:15:08,136 --> 01:15:11,039 BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY YES 2188 01:15:11,039 --> 01:15:12,741 TO THE SLI REQUEST SPR TO 2189 01:15:12,741 --> 01:15:14,576 DEVELOP AND REPORT. THAT WAS 2190 01:15:14,576 --> 01:15:16,845 WHAT I WAS SAYING YES TO. BUT 2191 01:15:16,845 --> 01:15:19,114 THEN WE WENT BACK TO START 2192 01:15:19,114 --> 01:15:21,250 TALKING ABOUT 005, A ONE ON THE 2193 01:15:21,250 --> 01:15:24,086 INCREASE. THE PARKS AND REC. SO 2194 01:15:24,086 --> 01:15:24,753 WHICH ONE WOULD WE DISCUSS? I 2195 01:15:24,753 --> 01:15:26,121 THOUGHT YOU GUYS SAID SLI. 2196 01:15:26,121 --> 01:15:27,723 -- NO, WE ARE NOT ON THE SLIDE. 2197 01:15:27,723 --> 01:15:29,124 WE ARE ON THE MONEY RIGHT NOW. 2198 01:15:29,124 --> 01:15:30,792 -- OKAY. AND THEN THE. 2199 01:15:30,792 --> 01:15:31,226 -- SLIDES UP NEXT. 2200 01:15:31,226 --> 01:15:32,461 -- YEAH. AND THE SLIDES. NEXT 2201 01:15:32,461 --> 01:15:33,729 SLIDE. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. I WAS 2202 01:15:33,729 --> 01:15:34,529 ONE AHEAD. 2203 01:15:34,529 --> 01:15:35,197 -- THANK YOU. YOU'RE AHEAD. 2204 01:15:35,197 --> 01:15:36,465 YOU'RE AHEAD OF THE REST OF US 2205 01:15:36,465 --> 01:15:38,233 BY A COUNTRY MILE. 2206 01:15:38,233 --> 01:15:41,470 -- OKAY. SO I DO NOT. OKAY. SO 2207 01:15:41,470 --> 01:15:42,504 DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT I SAID. 2208 01:15:42,504 --> 01:15:44,773 I'M I'M. YES. ON THE NEXT ONE, 2209 01:15:44,773 --> 01:15:46,608 THE SLIDE, BUT NOT THIS ONE. 2210 01:15:46,608 --> 01:15:46,875 AWESOME. 2211 01:15:46,875 --> 01:15:48,777 -- THANK YOU. LOVE THAT. GREAT. 2212 01:15:48,777 --> 01:15:50,913 ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? FINAL 2213 01:15:50,913 --> 01:15:52,347 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2214 01:15:52,347 --> 01:15:53,282 WE'VE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION, 2215 01:15:53,282 --> 01:15:54,950 SO YOU CAN CLOSE THIS OUT. 2216 01:15:54,950 --> 01:15:56,051 -- NO THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST ASK 2217 01:15:56,051 --> 01:15:56,885 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2218 01:15:56,885 --> 01:16:00,122 -- THANK YOU. NOTHING TO ADD. 2219 01:16:00,122 --> 01:16:00,789 WONDERFUL. WITH THAT, IF YOU 2220 01:16:00,789 --> 01:16:03,759 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SPR 2221 01:16:03,759 --> 01:16:05,327 FIVE A ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 2222 01:16:05,327 --> 01:16:09,765 HAND AT THIS TIME. I SEE NO 2223 01:16:09,765 --> 01:16:10,332 ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS. NO 2224 01:16:10,332 --> 01:16:11,033 ONE'S JOCKEYING. SO WE'RE GOING 2225 01:16:11,033 --> 01:16:14,102 TO MOVE ON TO THE SLI THAT IS 2226 01:16:14,102 --> 01:16:18,440 LIKE THIS, WHICH IS SPR5SA1. 2227 01:16:18,440 --> 01:16:18,941 -- SO THIS STATEMENT OF 2228 01:16:18,941 --> 01:16:20,776 LEGISLATIVE INTENT WOULD REQUEST 2229 01:16:20,776 --> 01:16:22,578 SPR TO DEVELOP AND REPORT ON A 2230 01:16:22,578 --> 01:16:24,446 PLAN FOR PROVIDING YEAR ROUND 2231 01:16:24,446 --> 01:16:26,882 RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING AT ALKI 2232 01:16:26,882 --> 01:16:28,850 COMMUNITY CENTER AND OR ALKI 2233 01:16:28,850 --> 01:16:31,286 BEACH BATHHOUSE. THIS IS 2234 01:16:31,286 --> 01:16:31,920 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2235 01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:33,822 WITH CO-SPONSORS COUNCILMEMBERS, 2236 01:16:33,822 --> 01:16:34,923 HOLLINGSWORTH AND KETTLE. 2237 01:16:34,923 --> 01:16:37,159 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2238 01:16:37,159 --> 01:16:38,627 SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU ARE 2239 01:16:38,627 --> 01:16:38,927 RECOGNIZED. 2240 01:16:38,927 --> 01:16:40,829 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. SO THIS 2241 01:16:40,829 --> 01:16:41,897 WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE 2242 01:16:41,897 --> 01:16:44,366 SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITH THE THE 2243 01:16:44,366 --> 01:16:46,435 FUNDING THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 2244 01:16:46,435 --> 01:16:48,503 ONE TIME OVER THE TWO YEARS AND 2245 01:16:48,503 --> 01:16:51,039 HELP DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLE YEAR 2246 01:16:51,039 --> 01:16:54,109 ROUND ELK KAI PROGRAMING 2247 01:16:54,109 --> 01:16:56,645 STRATEGY. THIS COMPANION FUNDING 2248 01:16:56,645 --> 01:16:58,013 HELPS REOPEN THE DOORS AND THEN 2249 01:16:58,013 --> 01:17:01,216 KEEP THEM OPEN. THIS LIE IS 2250 01:17:01,216 --> 01:17:02,384 ABOUT AGAIN KEEPING THEM OPEN. 2251 01:17:02,384 --> 01:17:03,852 IT WOULD ASK PARKS FOR A 2252 01:17:03,852 --> 01:17:06,421 SUSTAINABLE PLAN FOR YEAR ROUND 2253 01:17:06,421 --> 01:17:08,390 PROGRAMING PROGRAMING AT THE 2254 01:17:08,390 --> 01:17:10,125 COMMUNITY CENTER AND BATHHOUSE, 2255 01:17:10,125 --> 01:17:12,694 INCLUDING MINIMUM PUBLIC HOURS, 2256 01:17:12,694 --> 01:17:13,328 SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, PARTICIPATION 2257 01:17:13,328 --> 01:17:18,133 TARGETS AND ONGOING COSTS. ALKI 2258 01:17:18,133 --> 01:17:21,269 LOST VALUED RECREATION ACCESS IN 2259 01:17:21,269 --> 01:17:22,671 2020 AS A RESULT OF SOME CUTS 2260 01:17:22,671 --> 01:17:25,774 AND COVID, THE COMMUNITY SHOULD 2261 01:17:25,774 --> 01:17:30,212 NOT HAVE TO FIGHT A YEAR, YEAR 2262 01:17:30,212 --> 01:17:30,846 AFTER YEAR TO RESTORE THE SAME 2263 01:17:30,846 --> 01:17:33,048 BASIC OPPORTUNITIES. ONE TIME 2264 01:17:33,048 --> 01:17:36,885 FUNDING CAN RESTART SERVICE, A 2265 01:17:36,885 --> 01:17:38,787 MEASURABLE OPERATING PLAN IS HOW 2266 01:17:38,787 --> 01:17:41,256 WE MAKE THAT SERVICE DURABLE, 2267 01:17:41,256 --> 01:17:43,759 ACCOUNTABLE AND MORE DIRECTLY 2268 01:17:43,759 --> 01:17:45,060 RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE WHO USE 2269 01:17:45,060 --> 01:17:47,629 IT EVERY DAY. I'LL ALSO NOTE ON 2270 01:17:47,629 --> 01:17:53,468 THIS ONE. I WERE I SPOKE FOR 2271 01:17:53,468 --> 01:17:55,971 ALMOST HALF AN HOUR ON ON 2272 01:17:55,971 --> 01:17:57,339 SATURDAY WITH SOME FOLKS FROM 2273 01:17:57,339 --> 01:17:59,875 THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY, 2274 01:17:59,875 --> 01:18:00,475 INCLUDING PAULINA LOPEZ FROM 2275 01:18:00,475 --> 01:18:02,677 DRCC ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL 2276 01:18:02,677 --> 01:18:06,281 IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL 2277 01:18:06,281 --> 01:18:08,183 ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY 2278 01:18:08,183 --> 01:18:11,019 MEASURES AND MECHANISMS AND DATA 2279 01:18:11,019 --> 01:18:13,255 POINTS FOR A POSSIBLE COMPANION 2280 01:18:13,255 --> 01:18:15,724 SLIDE FOR. BECAUSE I HAVE TWO 2281 01:18:15,724 --> 01:18:16,491 BUDGET INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD 2282 01:18:16,491 --> 01:18:18,293 OFFER BOTH A CAPITAL COMPONENT 2283 01:18:18,293 --> 01:18:22,330 AND A. AND A PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT 2284 01:18:22,330 --> 01:18:22,931 COMPONENT FOR OPERATIONS THAT 2285 01:18:22,931 --> 01:18:24,533 ARE SIMILAR TO ADDRESS DIFFERENT 2286 01:18:24,533 --> 01:18:25,333 NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ONE AT ISSUE 2287 01:18:25,333 --> 01:18:27,269 RIGHT NOW, LCI AND THEN SOUTH 2288 01:18:27,269 --> 01:18:28,170 PARK, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A 2289 01:18:28,170 --> 01:18:31,606 MOMENT. BUT I, I MISSED THE CUT 2290 01:18:31,606 --> 01:18:32,674 OFF FOR INCLUDING THAT ON 2291 01:18:32,674 --> 01:18:33,809 SATURDAY, SO I INTEND TO EITHER, 2292 01:18:33,809 --> 01:18:35,911 YOU KNOW, REVISE THIS ONE OR 2293 01:18:35,911 --> 01:18:39,815 BRING A NET NEW ONE TO SUPPORT 2294 01:18:39,815 --> 01:18:42,684 SIMILAR, BUT SOUTH PARK 2295 01:18:42,684 --> 01:18:45,320 DISTINCTIVE ISSUES AND PROMOTE 2296 01:18:45,320 --> 01:18:45,954 TRANSPARENCY WITH THE THE SOUTH 2297 01:18:45,954 --> 01:18:48,557 PARK PROGRAMING. SO ASK FOR YOUR 2298 01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:51,293 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 2299 01:18:51,293 --> 01:18:51,860 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2300 01:18:51,860 --> 01:18:54,629 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2301 01:18:54,629 --> 01:18:56,031 ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING AT THIS 2302 01:18:56,031 --> 01:18:59,167 TIME. COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, 2303 01:18:59,167 --> 01:19:00,735 ANYTHING TO ADD? SEEING NONE, 2304 01:19:00,735 --> 01:19:04,773 I'LL CALL FOR CO-SPONSORS ON 2305 01:19:04,773 --> 01:19:09,177 THE SLY. SPR5SA1. COUNCILMEMBERS 2306 01:19:09,177 --> 01:19:10,479 JUAREZ AND FOSTER ADDING THEIR 2307 01:19:10,479 --> 01:19:10,712 NAMES. 2308 01:19:10,712 --> 01:19:12,314 -- COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME. 2309 01:19:12,314 --> 01:19:14,049 COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND 2310 01:19:14,049 --> 01:19:14,282 FOSTER. 2311 01:19:14,282 --> 01:19:16,551 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2312 01:19:16,551 --> 01:19:20,122 RIVERA ADDING YOUR NAME. OKAY. 2313 01:19:20,122 --> 01:19:20,756 -- THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMEMBER 2314 01:19:20,756 --> 01:19:23,525 RIVERA 2315 01:19:23,525 --> 01:19:27,362 -- WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 2316 01:19:27,362 --> 01:19:27,596 SPR6A1. 2317 01:19:27,596 --> 01:19:29,931 -- SPR SIX A WOULD INCREASE SPR 2318 01:19:29,931 --> 01:19:33,001 BY $175,000. GENERAL FUND IN 27 2319 01:19:33,001 --> 01:19:34,636 AND 28 FOR EXPANDED COMMUNITY 2320 01:19:34,636 --> 01:19:36,404 CENTER HOURS AND PROGRAMING AT 2321 01:19:36,404 --> 01:19:37,773 SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, AND 2322 01:19:37,773 --> 01:19:40,142 WOULD INCREASE S DOT BY 2323 01:19:40,142 --> 01:19:43,545 $275,000. GENERAL FUND IN 2027, 2324 01:19:43,545 --> 01:19:44,980 ONE TIME FOR PUBLIC REALM 2325 01:19:44,980 --> 01:19:46,248 IMPROVEMENTS IN SOUTH PARK. THIS 2326 01:19:46,248 --> 01:19:48,850 IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2327 01:19:48,850 --> 01:19:49,317 SAKA WITH CO-SPONSORS 2328 01:19:49,317 --> 01:19:50,819 COUNCILMEMBERS, HOLLINGSWORTH 2329 01:19:50,819 --> 01:19:51,119 AND RINCK. 2330 01:19:51,119 --> 01:19:52,187 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2331 01:19:52,187 --> 01:19:56,224 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS A SPONSOR. 2332 01:19:56,224 --> 01:19:56,858 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR COLLEAGUES. 2333 01:19:56,858 --> 01:19:58,493 THIS IS THE LAST. SO GOOD NEWS I 2334 01:19:58,493 --> 01:20:01,029 GUESS IS THIS IS THE LAST PARKS 2335 01:20:01,029 --> 01:20:02,764 BUDGET INVESTMENT THAT I'M THE 2336 01:20:02,764 --> 01:20:07,235 PRIME SPONSOR OF. BUT PARKS ARE 2337 01:20:07,235 --> 01:20:07,869 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND MAKE 2338 01:20:07,869 --> 01:20:10,872 NO MISTAKE, LAST BUT CERTAINLY 2339 01:20:10,872 --> 01:20:12,507 NOT AT ALL. LEAST, THIS IS THE 2340 01:20:12,507 --> 01:20:14,509 SOUTH PARK SOUTH PARK GATEWAY, 2341 01:20:14,509 --> 01:20:16,611 PUBLIC REALM AND COMMUNITY 2342 01:20:16,611 --> 01:20:19,314 CENTER ACTIVATION PACKAGE. SOUTH 2343 01:20:19,314 --> 01:20:22,651 PARK RECENTLY CELEBRATED A 2344 01:20:22,651 --> 01:20:24,753 BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED COMMUNITY 2345 01:20:24,753 --> 01:20:26,254 CENTER. I WAS PROUD TO ATTEND 2346 01:20:26,254 --> 01:20:29,257 THE RIBBON CUTTING ALONGSIDE THE 2347 01:20:29,257 --> 01:20:34,629 MAYOR AND COMMUNITY, BUT A 2348 01:20:34,629 --> 01:20:35,230 RIBBON CUTTING CANNOT BE THE 2349 01:20:35,230 --> 01:20:37,866 FINISH LINE FOR SOUTH PARK 2350 01:20:37,866 --> 01:20:42,237 COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TOLD US 2351 01:20:42,237 --> 01:20:44,539 VERY CANDIDLY, SO SHARED THEIR 2352 01:20:44,539 --> 01:20:46,675 FEEDBACK THAT THEY HAVE A BRAND 2353 01:20:46,675 --> 01:20:48,777 NEW, EFFECTIVELY BRAND NEW, 2354 01:20:48,777 --> 01:20:52,581 BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. BUT 2355 01:20:52,581 --> 01:20:54,015 PROGRAMING AND VITAL SERVICES 2356 01:20:54,015 --> 01:20:55,584 HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW TO ROLL OUT 2357 01:20:55,584 --> 01:20:58,687 AND FILL IN THIS PACKAGE 2358 01:20:58,687 --> 01:21:04,292 ADDRESSES THAT HEAD ON. IT 2359 01:21:04,292 --> 01:21:06,595 INVESTS 450,000 EACH OF THE TWO 2360 01:21:06,595 --> 01:21:09,097 YEARS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY CENTER 2361 01:21:09,097 --> 01:21:10,865 HOURS. YOUTH AND FAMILY 2362 01:21:10,865 --> 01:21:14,069 ACTIVITIES, ARTS AND 2363 01:21:14,069 --> 01:21:16,438 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMING, AND 2364 01:21:16,438 --> 01:21:16,905 PAID YOUTH LEADERSHIP 2365 01:21:16,905 --> 01:21:18,440 OPPORTUNITIES. AS THE PRIOR 2366 01:21:18,440 --> 01:21:19,774 PACKAGE. THERE'S BOTH A CAPITAL 2367 01:21:19,774 --> 01:21:23,778 COMPONENT AND PROGRAMING 2368 01:21:23,778 --> 01:21:25,881 OPERATIONS COMPONENT FUNDED AT 2369 01:21:25,881 --> 01:21:27,649 SIMILAR LEVELS. THE KEY KEY 2370 01:21:27,649 --> 01:21:29,584 DIFFERENCE IS THE S DOT TRAFFIC 2371 01:21:29,584 --> 01:21:30,752 MONITORING CAMERAS THAT THE 2372 01:21:30,752 --> 01:21:34,189 COMMUNITY HAS REQUESTED IN ELK. 2373 01:21:34,189 --> 01:21:39,160 AYE. SO THIS PACKAGE ALSO FUNDS 2374 01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:39,794 PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS SUCH 2375 01:21:39,794 --> 01:21:44,466 AS LIGHTING, MURALS, WAYFINDING, 2376 01:21:44,466 --> 01:21:46,434 SEATING, INDUSTRIAL GREENING. 2377 01:21:46,434 --> 01:21:48,603 PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN SOUTH 2378 01:21:48,603 --> 01:21:49,604 PARK, THE DUWAMISH VALLEY AND 2379 01:21:49,604 --> 01:21:52,040 PLANTERS WHILE AVOIDING 2380 01:21:52,040 --> 01:21:55,777 DUPLICATION. WITH PROJECTS 2381 01:21:55,777 --> 01:21:58,613 ALREADY UNDERWAY, SOUTH PARK 2382 01:21:58,613 --> 01:21:59,147 DESERVES MORE THAN JUST A 2383 01:21:59,147 --> 01:22:00,615 RENOVATED BUILDING, AND I'M 2384 01:22:00,615 --> 01:22:02,083 GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK FROM 2385 01:22:02,083 --> 01:22:04,719 PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY TO BRING 2386 01:22:04,719 --> 01:22:10,825 THAT. WE NEEDED IT. IT WAS A 2387 01:22:10,825 --> 01:22:11,760 PRECONDITION, NOT THE END ALL, 2388 01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:16,231 BE ALL. SOUTH PARK DESERVES A 2389 01:22:16,231 --> 01:22:18,066 COMMUNITY CENTER FULL OF 2390 01:22:18,066 --> 01:22:18,533 COMMUNITY AND FULL OF 2391 01:22:18,533 --> 01:22:20,435 PROGRAMING. THIS INVESTMENT 2392 01:22:20,435 --> 01:22:22,170 CONNECTS THE CENTER TO THE 2393 01:22:22,170 --> 01:22:23,872 SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND 2394 01:22:23,872 --> 01:22:25,073 PUTS YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE HEART 2395 01:22:25,073 --> 01:22:27,709 OF ITS ACTIVATION. THE MESSAGE 2396 01:22:27,709 --> 01:22:32,013 IS SIMPLE IF SOUTH PARK'S YOUTH 2397 01:22:32,013 --> 01:22:34,249 ARE INVESTING THEIR TIME, THEIR 2398 01:22:34,249 --> 01:22:35,951 LEADERSHIP, THEIR TALENT, AND 2399 01:22:35,951 --> 01:22:38,920 THEIR CARE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 2400 01:22:38,920 --> 01:22:40,355 THE CITY MUST CO-INVEST WITH 2401 01:22:40,355 --> 01:22:43,558 THEM IN ALONGSIDE THEM TO WANT 2402 01:22:43,558 --> 01:22:44,125 TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2403 01:22:44,125 --> 01:22:46,361 HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCILMEMBER 2404 01:22:46,361 --> 01:22:49,264 RINCK, FOR YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP 2405 01:22:49,264 --> 01:22:50,165 OF THIS I TO ASK FOR YOUR 2406 01:22:50,165 --> 01:22:51,266 SUPPORT. COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. 2407 01:22:51,266 --> 01:22:53,635 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2408 01:22:53,635 --> 01:22:54,269 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ANYTHING TO 2409 01:22:54,269 --> 01:22:56,071 ADD? NOT AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL 2410 01:22:56,071 --> 01:22:59,541 COLLEAGUES DISCUSSION FURTHER 2411 01:22:59,541 --> 01:23:00,075 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER 2412 01:23:00,075 --> 01:23:00,608 FOSTER. 2413 01:23:00,608 --> 01:23:01,743 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 2414 01:23:01,743 --> 01:23:03,378 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2415 01:23:03,378 --> 01:23:05,146 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. WHEN 2416 01:23:05,146 --> 01:23:06,147 I WORKED AT THE CITY A DECADE 2417 01:23:06,147 --> 01:23:09,184 AGO, I GOT TO WORK ON PARKS 2418 01:23:09,184 --> 01:23:09,918 EXPANSION AND SOUTH PARK WAS A 2419 01:23:09,918 --> 01:23:11,786 BIG PART OF THAT, AND THE 2420 01:23:11,786 --> 01:23:13,088 COMMUNITY CENTER WORK THAT 2421 01:23:13,088 --> 01:23:14,189 COMPLETED THIS YEAR WAS A BIG 2422 01:23:14,189 --> 01:23:15,357 PART OF THAT. SO EXCITED TO SEE 2423 01:23:15,357 --> 01:23:17,525 YOU BRING THIS FORWARD. I JUST 2424 01:23:17,525 --> 01:23:18,526 WANTED TO ASK SOME CLARIFYING 2425 01:23:18,526 --> 01:23:22,097 QUESTIONS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE 2426 01:23:22,097 --> 01:23:22,731 WE'VE SEEN BACK AND FORTH ON 2427 01:23:22,731 --> 01:23:23,832 COMMUNITY CENTER HOURS OVER THE 2428 01:23:23,832 --> 01:23:26,634 LAST DECADE. SO WHERE THIS IS 2429 01:23:26,634 --> 01:23:28,636 THE INTENT HERE IS TO EXPAND 2430 01:23:28,636 --> 01:23:30,071 COMMUNITY CENTER HOURS AND 2431 01:23:30,071 --> 01:23:31,773 PROGRAMING. DO WE KNOW WHAT 2432 01:23:31,773 --> 01:23:33,208 IMPACT THIS ADD WOULD HAVE ON 2433 01:23:33,208 --> 01:23:35,143 THOSE HOURS? ARE WE GETTING LIKE 2434 01:23:35,143 --> 01:23:36,611 OPEN ON SUNDAY? ARE WE GETTING 2435 01:23:36,611 --> 01:23:37,746 TWO HOURS MORE IN THE MORNING, 2436 01:23:37,746 --> 01:23:39,447 TWO HOURS IN THE EVENING? DO WE 2437 01:23:39,447 --> 01:23:40,148 KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE 2438 01:23:40,148 --> 01:23:41,216 FELT? 2439 01:23:41,216 --> 01:23:42,584 -- I'M GOING TO GO WITH 2440 01:23:42,584 --> 01:23:43,151 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND THEN 2441 01:23:43,151 --> 01:23:44,686 CENTRAL STAFF. I'M GOING TO GO 2442 01:23:44,686 --> 01:23:46,554 WITH CENTRAL STAFF. 2443 01:23:46,554 --> 01:23:47,989 -- WE DO NOT NEED TO ASK. 2444 01:23:47,989 --> 01:23:48,857 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2445 01:23:48,857 --> 01:23:49,858 FOSTER YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. 2446 01:23:49,858 --> 01:23:51,159 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I WOULD 2447 01:23:51,159 --> 01:23:53,028 I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 2448 01:23:53,028 --> 01:23:56,331 BECAUSE I THINK, AGAIN, MY 2449 01:23:56,331 --> 01:23:57,332 RECOLLECTION IS THIS SHRUNK A 2450 01:23:57,332 --> 01:23:58,633 LITTLE BIT AND THEN IT EXPANDED 2451 01:23:58,633 --> 01:24:00,635 AND THEN IT THINKS IT SORT OF 2452 01:24:00,635 --> 01:24:01,469 SHRUNK. AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO 2453 01:24:01,469 --> 01:24:02,537 EXPAND AGAIN. AND SEEING TRACY, 2454 01:24:02,537 --> 01:24:03,505 WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR ALL OF 2455 01:24:03,505 --> 01:24:05,206 THAT, NOT NOT HER HEAD. SO I 2456 01:24:05,206 --> 01:24:06,641 WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT SO THAT 2457 01:24:06,641 --> 01:24:08,076 WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF CLEARLY 2458 01:24:08,076 --> 01:24:10,111 ARTICULATE THAT TO FOLKS. AND 2459 01:24:10,111 --> 01:24:11,479 THEN I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION 2460 01:24:11,479 --> 01:24:12,947 THAT I HAD ABOUT ALCHI, JUST IN 2461 01:24:12,947 --> 01:24:14,983 TERMS OF GETTING CLARITY ON THE 2462 01:24:14,983 --> 01:24:16,951 INVESTMENT. AND ARE WE LOOKING 2463 01:24:16,951 --> 01:24:20,989 AT ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR THOSE 2464 01:24:20,989 --> 01:24:21,856 HOURS? AND AGAIN, THIS IS PART 2465 01:24:21,856 --> 01:24:23,224 OF MY INTENT TO UNDERSTAND THE 2466 01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:25,593 LONG TERM IMPACTS FOR THE BUDGET 2467 01:24:25,593 --> 01:24:27,629 SO THAT WE ARE NO LONGER GOING 2468 01:24:27,629 --> 01:24:28,696 FORWARD AND THEN GOING BACKWARDS 2469 01:24:28,696 --> 01:24:29,531 ON THOSE HOURS. I WOULD LOVE TO 2470 01:24:29,531 --> 01:24:30,698 FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE 2471 01:24:30,698 --> 01:24:32,500 SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENT FOR 2472 01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:34,102 THAT COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I AGREE 2473 01:24:34,102 --> 01:24:35,937 WITH EVERYTHING THAT 2474 01:24:35,937 --> 01:24:38,540 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS SAID 2475 01:24:38,540 --> 01:24:41,076 BEFORE, AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE 2476 01:24:41,076 --> 01:24:43,244 OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS, I WOULD 2477 01:24:43,244 --> 01:24:44,245 LOVE TO UNDERSTAND JUST A LITTLE 2478 01:24:44,245 --> 01:24:46,481 BIT MORE IF THERE'S ANY 2479 01:24:46,481 --> 01:24:48,149 SPECIFICS AROUND THAT FOURTH 2480 01:24:48,149 --> 01:24:49,217 AVENUE PROJECT THAT ARE INTENDED 2481 01:24:49,217 --> 01:24:50,585 HERE. I THINK THERE'S BEEN A 2482 01:24:50,585 --> 01:24:51,820 LONG LIST OF NEEDS. AND AGAIN, I 2483 01:24:51,820 --> 01:24:53,955 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON 2484 01:24:53,955 --> 01:24:55,657 THE DUWAMISH RIVER ACTION PLAN. 2485 01:24:55,657 --> 01:24:56,891 AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO JUST MAKE 2486 01:24:56,891 --> 01:24:59,127 SURE WE HAVE THAT, THAT CLARITY, 2487 01:24:59,127 --> 01:25:01,763 BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS JUST 2488 01:25:01,763 --> 01:25:02,397 NOTHING SHORT OF FANTASTIC LIST 2489 01:25:02,397 --> 01:25:06,334 OF NEED AND PROJECTS IN THAT 2490 01:25:06,334 --> 01:25:06,634 COMMUNITY. 2491 01:25:06,634 --> 01:25:07,969 -- THANK YOU. CENTRAL STAFF 2492 01:25:07,969 --> 01:25:09,037 ANYTHING TO ADD? SORRY, WAS THAT 2493 01:25:09,037 --> 01:25:09,871 A DIRECT QUESTION? I COULDN'T 2494 01:25:09,871 --> 01:25:10,472 REALLY TELL. 2495 01:25:10,472 --> 01:25:11,940 -- I APOLOGIZE, THERE WAS A 2496 01:25:11,940 --> 01:25:12,474 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE IN THE 2497 01:25:12,474 --> 01:25:13,041 STATEMENT, BUT THERE WAS A 2498 01:25:13,041 --> 01:25:14,609 QUESTION THERE. SO THE QUESTION 2499 01:25:14,609 --> 01:25:17,178 IS, CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME THE 2500 01:25:17,178 --> 01:25:19,347 INTENT AROUND THE SPECIFIC 2501 01:25:19,347 --> 01:25:20,315 CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND WHAT 2502 01:25:20,315 --> 01:25:20,915 IT'S MEANT TO COVER? 2503 01:25:20,915 --> 01:25:22,250 -- THANK YOU. 2504 01:25:22,250 --> 01:25:23,084 -- CENTRAL STAFF WELL, WHAT I 2505 01:25:23,084 --> 01:25:24,919 CAN TELL YOU, IT'S NOT MEANT TO 2506 01:25:24,919 --> 01:25:26,254 COVER IS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT 2507 01:25:26,254 --> 01:25:28,389 ARE ALREADY FUNDED THROUGH THE 2508 01:25:28,389 --> 01:25:30,191 14th AVENUE SOUTH PROJECT. SO IT 2509 01:25:30,191 --> 01:25:32,127 WOULD NOT BE FUNDING THAT 2510 01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:33,995 PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO WOULD BE 2511 01:25:33,995 --> 01:25:35,029 IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN THAT, AS 2512 01:25:35,029 --> 01:25:36,998 WELL AS THE LOW POLLUTION 2513 01:25:36,998 --> 01:25:39,000 NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM OR THE 2514 01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:40,368 RECENT PLAZA WORK AND 2515 01:25:40,368 --> 01:25:41,002 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA MIGHT BE ABLE 2516 01:25:41,002 --> 01:25:42,170 TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT 2517 01:25:42,170 --> 01:25:43,204 THAT. 2518 01:25:43,204 --> 01:25:43,771 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2519 01:25:43,771 --> 01:25:46,074 FOSTER YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. 2520 01:25:46,074 --> 01:25:47,775 I'LL LET COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2521 01:25:47,775 --> 01:25:48,576 HAVE LAST WORD. UNLESS YOU WANT 2522 01:25:48,576 --> 01:25:49,344 TO HAVE A DIALOG. 2523 01:25:49,344 --> 01:25:50,478 -- FANTASTIC. NOPE. THOSE ARE 2524 01:25:50,478 --> 01:25:51,412 ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO 2525 01:25:51,412 --> 01:25:51,746 MUCH, CHAIR. 2526 01:25:51,746 --> 01:25:53,681 -- THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER 2527 01:25:53,681 --> 01:25:55,216 DISCUSSION? ANY FINAL 2528 01:25:55,216 --> 01:25:57,986 DISCUSSION? WE ARE FINAL 2529 01:25:57,986 --> 01:25:58,620 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2530 01:25:58,620 --> 01:25:59,220 LAST WORD. 2531 01:25:59,220 --> 01:26:00,855 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I'LL JUST 2532 01:26:00,855 --> 01:26:04,058 PLUS ONE TO TRACY'S COMMENT THAT 2533 01:26:04,058 --> 01:26:05,326 OF WHAT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE IN 2534 01:26:05,326 --> 01:26:07,829 SCOPE IS THOSE 14th AVENUE 2535 01:26:07,829 --> 01:26:11,299 IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY FUNDED AND 2536 01:26:11,299 --> 01:26:13,902 THIS PROGRAM IS INTENTIONALLY ON 2537 01:26:13,902 --> 01:26:14,836 THE PROGRAMING SIDE. WELL, BOTH 2538 01:26:14,836 --> 01:26:17,338 ON THE CAPITAL AND THE 2539 01:26:17,338 --> 01:26:19,507 PROGRAMING SIDE ARE INTENDED TO 2540 01:26:19,507 --> 01:26:25,313 BE FLEXIBLE. AND ON THE 2541 01:26:25,313 --> 01:26:25,947 PROGRAMING SIDE, THE FLEXIBILITY 2542 01:26:25,947 --> 01:26:29,184 TO USE THE FUNDS TO EXPAND HOURS 2543 01:26:29,184 --> 01:26:35,089 AND OR PROGRAMING. SUBJECT TO 2544 01:26:35,089 --> 01:26:35,523 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK 2545 01:26:35,523 --> 01:26:38,526 IMPLEMENTATION, YOU KNOW, LIKE 2546 01:26:38,526 --> 01:26:41,396 GREAT QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER 2547 01:26:41,396 --> 01:26:41,996 FOSTER APPRECIATE APPRECIATE 2548 01:26:41,996 --> 01:26:45,133 THOSE AND ALSO INTENTIONALLY 2549 01:26:45,133 --> 01:26:47,335 STRUCTURED THIS AND THE ALCHI 2550 01:26:47,335 --> 01:26:51,272 ONE TO TO ALLOW FOR SOME SOME 2551 01:26:51,272 --> 01:26:53,107 FLEXIBILITY AS WELL. BUT THANK 2552 01:26:53,107 --> 01:26:53,308 YOU. 2553 01:26:53,308 --> 01:26:54,409 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, IF YOU 2554 01:26:54,409 --> 01:26:57,045 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THIS 2555 01:26:57,045 --> 01:27:01,749 AMENDMENT. SPR6A1, PLEASE RAISE 2556 01:27:01,749 --> 01:27:07,855 YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. I'M 2557 01:27:07,855 --> 01:27:09,791 SEEING NONE, BUT I'M DOUBLE 2558 01:27:09,791 --> 01:27:11,526 CHECKING BECAUSE THERE'S I WAS 2559 01:27:11,526 --> 01:27:13,995 MOVING TOO FAST A MINUTE AGO, SO 2560 01:27:13,995 --> 01:27:15,096 I'M JUST TRIPLE CHECKING. NO 2561 01:27:15,096 --> 01:27:16,197 ONE ADDING THEIR CO-SPONSORS. 2562 01:27:16,197 --> 01:27:17,265 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE 2563 01:27:17,265 --> 01:27:21,302 NEXT ITEM, SPR8A1. 2564 01:27:21,302 --> 01:27:23,905 -- SPR8A WOULD INCREASE 2565 01:27:23,905 --> 01:27:26,240 APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR BY 1.45 2566 01:27:26,240 --> 01:27:29,611 MILLION GENERAL FUND IN 2027 AND 2567 01:27:29,611 --> 01:27:33,281 2028 TO RESTORE ONGOING SUPPORT 2568 01:27:33,281 --> 01:27:35,016 FOR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. THIS 2569 01:27:35,016 --> 01:27:37,018 ITEM IS SPONSORED BY 2570 01:27:37,018 --> 01:27:37,552 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 2571 01:27:37,552 --> 01:27:39,087 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2572 01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:40,388 SAKA AND RIVERA. 2573 01:27:40,388 --> 01:27:42,357 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. YOU ARE 2574 01:27:42,357 --> 01:27:42,657 RECOGNIZED. 2575 01:27:42,657 --> 01:27:45,927 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR COLLEAGUES. 2576 01:27:45,927 --> 01:27:47,695 THIS PROPOSAL HAS BEEN FORWARDED 2577 01:27:47,695 --> 01:27:49,530 WITH THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU 2578 01:27:49,530 --> 01:27:51,399 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND RIVERA TO 2579 01:27:51,399 --> 01:27:52,834 ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THE 2580 01:27:52,834 --> 01:27:53,501 CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE SEEING ON 2581 01:27:53,501 --> 01:27:54,369 OUR STREETS. YOU KNOW, PART OF 2582 01:27:54,369 --> 01:27:56,671 THE ELEMENT OF OUR STRATEGIC 2583 01:27:56,671 --> 01:27:58,473 FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR SAFER SEATTLE 2584 01:27:58,473 --> 01:27:59,440 IS THE URBAN BLIGHT REMEDIATION. 2585 01:27:59,440 --> 01:28:02,143 YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES THAT 2586 01:28:02,143 --> 01:28:03,845 NEIGHBORHOODS FACE WITH GRAFFITI 2587 01:28:03,845 --> 01:28:05,246 AND SO FORTH. AND THEN THE 2588 01:28:05,246 --> 01:28:07,715 IMPACTS THAT IT HAS NEGATIVELY 2589 01:28:07,715 --> 01:28:09,350 ON THE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO 2590 01:28:09,350 --> 01:28:11,219 WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THIS 2591 01:28:11,219 --> 01:28:14,422 TO INCLUDE TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC 2592 01:28:14,422 --> 01:28:16,924 SAFETY POSTURE. ALSO, THIS 2593 01:28:16,924 --> 01:28:18,760 BUILDS ON THE THE WORK THAT 2594 01:28:18,760 --> 01:28:19,727 WE'VE DONE RELATED TO VACANT 2595 01:28:19,727 --> 01:28:20,862 BUILDINGS AND LOTS. AND THEN THE 2596 01:28:20,862 --> 01:28:22,697 STRUCTURE OF THIS TOO IS IT'S 2597 01:28:22,697 --> 01:28:23,464 REALLY HELPFUL. ONE OF THE 2598 01:28:23,464 --> 01:28:25,967 THINGS THAT HELPS OUR 2599 01:28:25,967 --> 01:28:28,102 NEIGHBORHOODS IS PROGRAMS LIKE 2600 01:28:28,102 --> 01:28:29,904 THE DSA BID AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, 2601 01:28:29,904 --> 01:28:30,505 BUT ALSO WORKING WITH GROUPS 2602 01:28:30,505 --> 01:28:32,140 LIKE UPLIFT NORTHWEST, WHICH 2603 01:28:32,140 --> 01:28:34,809 THEN GIVE JOBS TO INDIVIDUALS 2604 01:28:34,809 --> 01:28:36,811 THAT THAT ARE IN PART, YOU KNOW, 2605 01:28:36,811 --> 01:28:37,245 TAKING CARE OF OUR 2606 01:28:37,245 --> 01:28:39,781 NEIGHBORHOODS, TO BE FRANK. AND 2607 01:28:39,781 --> 01:28:41,849 THIS HAS BENEFITS IN TERMS OF 2608 01:28:41,849 --> 01:28:44,319 HELPING INDIVIDUALS STABILIZE 2609 01:28:44,319 --> 01:28:47,655 AND MOVE FORWARD. AND PROVIDE 2610 01:28:47,655 --> 01:28:50,191 PATHWAYS. SO THIS THIS PROGRAM 2611 01:28:50,191 --> 01:28:52,460 HELPS ON SO MANY FRONTS AND 2612 01:28:52,460 --> 01:28:53,728 HELPS THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT 2613 01:28:53,728 --> 01:28:55,430 ALSO HELPS THESE INDIVIDUALS, 2614 01:28:55,430 --> 01:28:57,332 OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN IN 2615 01:28:57,332 --> 01:28:57,899 CRISIS AND THEN ARE WORKING 2616 01:28:57,899 --> 01:29:01,536 THERE THROUGH THEIR, THEIR WAY 2617 01:29:01,536 --> 01:29:02,136 FORWARD THROUGH GROUPS ACROSS 2618 01:29:02,136 --> 01:29:03,871 THE BOARD. IT'S NOT JUST ONE 2619 01:29:03,871 --> 01:29:06,908 GROUP, BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF 2620 01:29:06,908 --> 01:29:08,710 SPECIFICALLY WITH GRAFFITI PIECE 2621 01:29:08,710 --> 01:29:11,079 ABATEMENT PIECE IS GROUPS LIKE 2622 01:29:11,079 --> 01:29:13,548 UPLIFT NORTHWEST AND THIS DOUBLE 2623 01:29:13,548 --> 01:29:15,450 IMPACT, I THINK IS WELL WORTH 2624 01:29:15,450 --> 01:29:17,151 OUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, CHAIR, 2625 01:29:17,151 --> 01:29:18,286 AND THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 2626 01:29:18,286 --> 01:29:20,788 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2627 01:29:20,788 --> 01:29:22,223 KETTLE. NO COMMENTS FROM 2628 01:29:22,223 --> 01:29:24,392 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AT THIS 2629 01:29:24,392 --> 01:29:26,461 TIME FOR DISCUSSION. 2630 01:29:26,461 --> 01:29:26,928 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2631 01:29:26,928 --> 01:29:29,097 -- THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, 2632 01:29:29,097 --> 01:29:30,364 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR PUTTING 2633 01:29:30,364 --> 01:29:34,102 THIS AD IN. I HAD A CB A TO ADD 2634 01:29:34,102 --> 01:29:36,838 SOME FUNDING FOR GRAFFITI 2635 01:29:36,838 --> 01:29:38,706 ABATEMENT VIA UPLIFT NORTHWEST. 2636 01:29:38,706 --> 01:29:41,876 THEY'VE DONE SUCH GREAT WORK 2637 01:29:41,876 --> 01:29:43,144 OVER THE YEARS, BUT I WENT AHEAD 2638 01:29:43,144 --> 01:29:44,479 AND WITHDREW BECAUSE YOU HAD 2639 01:29:44,479 --> 01:29:46,547 THIS ONE AND I SIGNED ON MY NAME 2640 01:29:46,547 --> 01:29:50,752 TO YOURS AND SHOUT OUT TO GINA 2641 01:29:50,752 --> 01:29:51,853 HALL FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT 2642 01:29:51,853 --> 01:29:53,688 SHE DOES. IT'S BOTH GRAFFITI 2643 01:29:53,688 --> 01:29:55,022 ABATEMENT AND IT'S A JOBS 2644 01:29:55,022 --> 01:29:58,359 TRAINING PROGRAM, AND IT GIVES 2645 01:29:58,359 --> 01:29:59,794 FOLKS A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE 2646 01:29:59,794 --> 01:30:01,696 ALSO. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A 2647 01:30:01,696 --> 01:30:06,300 WIN-WIN ALL AROUND. THIS 2648 01:30:06,300 --> 01:30:08,669 PARTICULAR AD HAS MORE THAN I 2649 01:30:08,669 --> 01:30:10,037 ORIGINALLY HAD IN MY CBA. SO 2650 01:30:10,037 --> 01:30:11,572 AGAIN, NOT SURE HOW WE'LL BE 2651 01:30:11,572 --> 01:30:14,108 FUNDING THIS. IT'S A LARGE 2652 01:30:14,108 --> 01:30:16,778 REQUEST, BUT I DO REALLY BELIEVE 2653 01:30:16,778 --> 01:30:19,013 IN UPLIFT NORTHWEST AND WANT TO 2654 01:30:19,013 --> 01:30:22,483 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING 2655 01:30:22,483 --> 01:30:23,985 THE SERVICE THAT THEY'VE BEEN 2656 01:30:23,985 --> 01:30:26,721 PROVIDING. AND THANK YOU, 2657 01:30:26,721 --> 01:30:27,255 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, FOR 2658 01:30:27,255 --> 01:30:28,990 PUTTING THIS IN. THANK YOU. 2659 01:30:28,990 --> 01:30:32,326 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 2660 01:30:32,326 --> 01:30:35,129 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 2661 01:30:35,129 --> 01:30:36,864 FINAL DISCUSSION. ANY LAST 2662 01:30:36,864 --> 01:30:41,002 WORDS? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2663 01:30:41,002 --> 01:30:43,604 CO-SPONSOR SPR 881, PLEASE RAISE 2664 01:30:43,604 --> 01:30:46,107 YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. I'M 2665 01:30:46,107 --> 01:30:49,243 SEEING NO ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS 2666 01:30:49,243 --> 01:30:50,878 SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 2667 01:30:50,878 --> 01:30:56,851 ITEM. SPR 981SPR9A. 2668 01:30:56,851 --> 01:30:57,485 -- WOULD INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS 2669 01:30:57,485 --> 01:31:02,590 TO SBR BY 1.1 MILLION. RE 2 IN 2670 01:31:02,590 --> 01:31:05,526 2029 AND 4.1 MILLION RE 2 IN 2671 01:31:05,526 --> 01:31:07,829 2030 FOR THE WEST MAGNOLIA 2672 01:31:07,829 --> 01:31:10,698 PLAYFIELD SOUTH ATHLETIC FIELD 2673 01:31:10,698 --> 01:31:12,066 CONVERSION CIP PROJECT. THIS 2674 01:31:12,066 --> 01:31:14,602 ITEM IS SPONSORED BY 2675 01:31:14,602 --> 01:31:15,136 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 2676 01:31:15,136 --> 01:31:16,537 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 2677 01:31:16,537 --> 01:31:18,172 HOLLINGSWORTH AND KETTLE. 2678 01:31:18,172 --> 01:31:19,207 -- THANK YOU. SPONSOR THIS 2679 01:31:19,207 --> 01:31:21,509 PROPOSAL. I'LL SPEAK TO IT IN. 2680 01:31:21,509 --> 01:31:22,844 I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 2681 01:31:22,844 --> 01:31:25,313 THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH 2682 01:31:25,313 --> 01:31:27,548 THIS PROPOSAL IS THE BUDGET 2683 01:31:27,548 --> 01:31:30,785 BEFORE US IS FOR 2027 AND 2028. 2684 01:31:30,785 --> 01:31:31,986 THIS ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS MADE BY 2685 01:31:31,986 --> 01:31:33,754 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE 2686 01:31:33,754 --> 01:31:35,556 ADJUSTMENT THAT I'M PROPOSING TO 2687 01:31:35,556 --> 01:31:41,462 UNDO, IS FOR THE 2029 CAPITAL 2688 01:31:41,462 --> 01:31:44,265 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET. SO 2689 01:31:44,265 --> 01:31:44,899 THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE TWO YEARS 2690 01:31:44,899 --> 01:31:47,134 THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN RIGHT 2691 01:31:47,134 --> 01:31:49,570 NOW. AND IT IS INCREDIBLY 2692 01:31:49,570 --> 01:31:51,539 IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THIS 2693 01:31:51,539 --> 01:31:54,775 PROJECT ON TRACK. WHEN I WAS 2694 01:31:54,775 --> 01:31:56,677 GROWING UP, MAGNOLIA HAD ABOUT 2695 01:31:56,677 --> 01:31:57,912 14 KIDS. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A 2696 01:31:57,912 --> 01:31:59,947 15th. I WENT TO PRESCHOOL WITH 2697 01:31:59,947 --> 01:32:02,984 ALMOST ALL OF THEM, AND WHAT I 2698 01:32:02,984 --> 01:32:04,886 SAW THIS YEAR WITH THE LITTLE 2699 01:32:04,886 --> 01:32:07,021 LEAGUE PARADE THAT THEY DO TO 2700 01:32:07,021 --> 01:32:09,991 KICK OFF THE LITTLE LEAGUE 2701 01:32:09,991 --> 01:32:10,625 SEASON, IT TOOK OVER 45 MINUTES. 2702 01:32:10,625 --> 01:32:13,160 IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A FULL HOUR 2703 01:32:13,160 --> 01:32:15,730 TO GET ALL OF THE KIDS THROUGH 2704 01:32:15,730 --> 01:32:17,865 THE INTERSECTION GOING DOWN, YOU 2705 01:32:17,865 --> 01:32:18,432 KNOW, PARADING THROUGH THE 2706 01:32:18,432 --> 01:32:21,435 NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL OF THESE KIDS 2707 01:32:21,435 --> 01:32:23,137 SHARE THIS FIELD. AND THAT IS 2708 01:32:23,137 --> 01:32:25,673 THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THIS 2709 01:32:25,673 --> 01:32:28,576 ON TRACK. YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH KIDS 2710 01:32:28,576 --> 01:32:30,845 THAT IT TAKES 45 MINUTES FOR 2711 01:32:30,845 --> 01:32:32,513 THEM TO WALK THROUGH AN 2712 01:32:32,513 --> 01:32:34,615 INTERSECTION. AND THEY ALL SHARE 2713 01:32:34,615 --> 01:32:36,751 THIS FIELD, AND THEY HAVE BEEN 2714 01:32:36,751 --> 01:32:37,752 TOLD THAT IT WOULD STAY ON 2715 01:32:37,752 --> 01:32:38,786 TRACK. THEY'VE BEEN PROMISED IT 2716 01:32:38,786 --> 01:32:40,288 WOULD STAY ON TRACK. IT'S 2717 01:32:40,288 --> 01:32:41,322 IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THIS 2718 01:32:41,322 --> 01:32:43,357 PROJECT ON TRACK. COLLEAGUES, 2719 01:32:43,357 --> 01:32:46,661 ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 2720 01:32:46,661 --> 01:32:48,529 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2721 01:32:48,529 --> 01:32:51,766 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANT 2722 01:32:51,766 --> 01:32:53,968 TO STATE AGAIN HOW IMPORTANT 2723 01:32:53,968 --> 01:32:56,771 THIS IS, AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR 2724 01:32:56,771 --> 01:32:59,507 THOSE IN MAGNOLIA, IT IS FOR 2725 01:32:59,507 --> 01:33:00,975 EVERYBODY IN THE REGION. AS 2726 01:33:00,975 --> 01:33:02,510 SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER, 2727 01:33:02,510 --> 01:33:05,012 ABOUT GOING TO DIFFERENT FIELDS, 2728 01:33:05,012 --> 01:33:06,948 I'VE BEEN ALL OVER IN THIS CYO 2729 01:33:06,948 --> 01:33:08,249 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, WHERE THE 2730 01:33:08,249 --> 01:33:09,083 NORTHERN TEAM OF THE SOUTHERN 2731 01:33:09,083 --> 01:33:10,618 LEAGUE, I'VE BEEN ALL OVER 2732 01:33:10,618 --> 01:33:12,019 DISTRICT TWO AND OTHER PLACES 2733 01:33:12,019 --> 01:33:13,921 POINT SOUTH. AND THEN THESE KIDS 2734 01:33:13,921 --> 01:33:16,624 ALSO COME TO THIS FIELD. AND IN 2735 01:33:16,624 --> 01:33:18,225 FACT, THERE'S A REASON WHY 2736 01:33:18,225 --> 01:33:20,061 WE'RE BOOTS, BECAUSE I GO TO 2737 01:33:20,061 --> 01:33:22,363 THIS FIELD AND WITH A DO, YOU'RE 2738 01:33:22,363 --> 01:33:24,899 GOING TO GET SOAKED AND. BUT 2739 01:33:24,899 --> 01:33:26,300 THIS GOES TO THE PROBLEM. YOU 2740 01:33:26,300 --> 01:33:27,601 KNOW, THESE FIELDS CANNOT BE 2741 01:33:27,601 --> 01:33:29,770 USED YEAR ROUND. THEY GET 2742 01:33:29,770 --> 01:33:31,205 DAMAGED WITH THE WEATHER AND SO 2743 01:33:31,205 --> 01:33:32,907 FORTH. AND THIS IS REALLY 2744 01:33:32,907 --> 01:33:34,875 IMPORTANT. AND SUPPORTING THE 2745 01:33:34,875 --> 01:33:36,777 KIDS, NOT JUST THE, YOU KNOW, 2746 01:33:36,777 --> 01:33:38,446 THOSE THAT LIVE IN MAGNOLIA, BUT 2747 01:33:38,446 --> 01:33:40,281 THOSE THAT LIVE IN QUEEN ANNE, 2748 01:33:40,281 --> 01:33:41,582 FOR EXAMPLE, AND OTHER PARTS OF 2749 01:33:41,582 --> 01:33:42,750 DISTRICT SEVEN, AND REALLY THE 2750 01:33:42,750 --> 01:33:44,285 CITY AND BEYOND. THE CITY, 2751 01:33:44,285 --> 01:33:45,786 ACTUALLY THAT COME IN FOR THE 2752 01:33:45,786 --> 01:33:46,887 VARIOUS SPORTS THAT ARE PLAYED 2753 01:33:46,887 --> 01:33:51,359 ON THESE FIELDS AND, AND I CAN 2754 01:33:51,359 --> 01:33:51,959 ATTEST MANY TIMES, INCLUDING 2755 01:33:51,959 --> 01:33:55,062 THIS SEASON, LESS THAN A MONTH 2756 01:33:55,062 --> 01:33:56,464 AGO, I'M AN OLD HAND BECAUSE I 2757 01:33:56,464 --> 01:33:58,733 GO THERE WITH BOOTS. YOU KNOW, 2758 01:33:58,733 --> 01:33:59,867 THE NEW PARENTS WHO DON'T KNOW 2759 01:33:59,867 --> 01:34:01,669 ANY BETTER, THEY GO WITH REGULAR 2760 01:34:01,669 --> 01:34:03,170 SHOES, WHATEVER. AND THEN THEY, 2761 01:34:03,170 --> 01:34:05,106 THEY CURSE BECAUSE THEN IT'S 2762 01:34:05,106 --> 01:34:07,608 LIKE THEY'VE WALKED THROUGH 2763 01:34:07,608 --> 01:34:08,943 PUDDLES. ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED 2764 01:34:08,943 --> 01:34:11,746 TO STATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, 2765 01:34:11,746 --> 01:34:13,147 AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR MAGNOLIA, 2766 01:34:13,147 --> 01:34:14,982 IT'S FOR THE BROADER AREA. AND 2767 01:34:14,982 --> 01:34:17,251 REALLY BEYOND. THANK YOU CHAIR. 2768 01:34:17,251 --> 01:34:19,453 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2769 01:34:19,453 --> 01:34:19,654 SAKA. 2770 01:34:19,654 --> 01:34:20,287 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 2771 01:34:20,287 --> 01:34:23,190 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. YOU 2772 01:34:23,190 --> 01:34:25,659 KNOW, COPY PASTE MY EARLIER 2773 01:34:25,659 --> 01:34:28,629 COMMENTS EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO 2774 01:34:28,629 --> 01:34:29,163 TO THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET 2775 01:34:29,163 --> 01:34:31,198 PROPOSAL AND INITIATIVE. SO IF 2776 01:34:31,198 --> 01:34:34,368 IT SUPPORTS WORKING FAMILIES, IT 2777 01:34:34,368 --> 01:34:34,835 SUPPORTS YOUTH SPORTS 2778 01:34:34,835 --> 01:34:36,904 RECREATION, SUPPORTS TURF PLAYER 2779 01:34:36,904 --> 01:34:39,040 SAFETY YEAR ROUND PLAYABILITY, 2780 01:34:39,040 --> 01:34:40,608 ALL THOSE THINGS. AS A 2781 01:34:40,608 --> 01:34:41,509 COUNCILMEMBER, AS A COACH, I'M A 2782 01:34:41,509 --> 01:34:44,845 I'M A SUPPORT IT TOO. SO EVEN 2783 01:34:44,845 --> 01:34:47,581 IF IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT AND 2784 01:34:47,581 --> 01:34:49,417 BECAUSE TO THE POINTS MADE ABOUT 2785 01:34:49,417 --> 01:34:50,918 LIKE, YEAH, I'VE TRAVELED ALL 2786 01:34:50,918 --> 01:34:51,652 OVER THE CITY, ALL OVER THE 2787 01:34:51,652 --> 01:34:52,987 REGION, GO TO WHITE CENTER, GO 2788 01:34:52,987 --> 01:34:56,724 TO AUBURN, KENT FOR, FOR PLAY 2789 01:34:56,724 --> 01:34:58,993 FIELD ACCESS. SO THIS NOT, NOT 2790 01:34:58,993 --> 01:35:01,128 ONLY KIND OF BENEFITS CITY OF 2791 01:35:01,128 --> 01:35:03,264 SEATTLE RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY 2792 01:35:03,264 --> 01:35:05,933 BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS THAT USE 2793 01:35:05,933 --> 01:35:06,867 THESE PLAY FIELDS AS, AS THEIR 2794 01:35:06,867 --> 01:35:10,137 HOME PLAY FIELDS, FOR EXAMPLE, 2795 01:35:10,137 --> 01:35:11,105 LIKE QUEEN ANNE, LITTLE LEAGUE, 2796 01:35:11,105 --> 01:35:13,140 MAGNOLIA, LITTLE LEAGUE, 2797 01:35:13,140 --> 01:35:14,275 WHATEVER IT IS, EVERYBODY 2798 01:35:14,275 --> 01:35:16,110 BENEFITS FROM THESE KIND OF 2799 01:35:16,110 --> 01:35:17,812 INVESTMENTS. SO LOVE THESE KIND 2800 01:35:17,812 --> 01:35:20,147 OF PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT AND 2801 01:35:20,147 --> 01:35:21,716 WOULD HOPE YOU ALL SUPPORT ME 2802 01:35:21,716 --> 01:35:22,416 AND MY EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, NEXT 2803 01:35:22,416 --> 01:35:25,786 TIME I CHOOSE TO BRING FORWARD A 2804 01:35:25,786 --> 01:35:27,288 PROPOSAL FOR SIMILAR PROJECT IN 2805 01:35:27,288 --> 01:35:29,256 D1. BUT MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, IF 2806 01:35:29,256 --> 01:35:30,524 THESE KIND OF PROJECTS ARE ON 2807 01:35:30,524 --> 01:35:33,694 THE TABLE TODAY, I'M HAPPY TO BE 2808 01:35:33,694 --> 01:35:35,863 SUPPORTING THEM. THANK YOU. 2809 01:35:35,863 --> 01:35:36,430 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2810 01:35:36,430 --> 01:35:38,032 FOSTER. 2811 01:35:38,032 --> 01:35:39,533 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND 2812 01:35:39,533 --> 01:35:41,569 TO CENTRAL STAFF, I JUST WANTED 2813 01:35:41,569 --> 01:35:43,370 TO SORT OF ASK A CLARIFYING 2814 01:35:43,370 --> 01:35:44,572 QUESTION IN TERMS OF. REACH. I 2815 01:35:44,572 --> 01:35:46,907 THINK THIS IS THE FIRST PROPOSAL 2816 01:35:46,907 --> 01:35:48,442 THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT IS 2817 01:35:48,442 --> 01:35:51,812 LOOKING AT REVENUE. AND AS I'M 2818 01:35:51,812 --> 01:35:53,047 LOOKING AT THE SECOND TO LAST 2819 01:35:53,047 --> 01:35:54,982 PARAGRAPH, I THINK THERE'S 2820 01:35:54,982 --> 01:35:55,616 MENTION OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 2821 01:35:55,616 --> 01:35:57,218 OR OFFSETTING RESOURCES THAT 2822 01:35:57,218 --> 01:35:58,886 WOULD NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. AND 2823 01:35:58,886 --> 01:35:59,753 I'M WONDERING, CENTRAL STAFF, 2824 01:35:59,753 --> 01:36:02,523 IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK TO THAT A 2825 01:36:02,523 --> 01:36:03,657 LITTLE BIT MORE SO I CAN 2826 01:36:03,657 --> 01:36:04,992 UNDERSTAND THE CLARITY AND WHAT 2827 01:36:04,992 --> 01:36:06,794 THAT MEANS FOR REVENUE IN THE 2828 01:36:06,794 --> 01:36:08,662 LONG RUN. 2829 01:36:08,662 --> 01:36:10,464 -- CENTRAL STAFF. 2830 01:36:10,464 --> 01:36:10,865 -- I'M SORRY. 2831 01:36:10,865 --> 01:36:15,503 -- YOU'RE FINE 2832 01:36:15,503 --> 01:36:15,970 -- TO CAL ENGLISH FOR 2833 01:36:15,970 --> 01:36:17,104 INFORMATION ON HOW THOSE 2834 01:36:17,104 --> 01:36:18,439 RESOURCES WOULD BE OFFSET IN THE 2835 01:36:18,439 --> 01:36:20,774 OUT YEARS COUNCILMEMBER. 2836 01:36:20,774 --> 01:36:23,477 -- I THINK IT'S THIS JUST 2837 01:36:23,477 --> 01:36:25,980 REFLECTS THE SPONSOR'S INTENT 2838 01:36:25,980 --> 01:36:27,381 TO BRING BACK REACH FOR THE 2839 01:36:27,381 --> 01:36:29,517 INTENDED PURPOSE THAT IT HAD 2840 01:36:29,517 --> 01:36:30,084 PREVIOUSLY BEEN THOUGHT THE 2841 01:36:30,084 --> 01:36:31,752 ACTUAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FUND 2842 01:36:31,752 --> 01:36:34,388 THAT WOULD NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED 2843 01:36:34,388 --> 01:36:35,022 THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS AS 2844 01:36:35,022 --> 01:36:37,758 PART OF THE BALANCING PACKAGE, 2845 01:36:37,758 --> 01:36:41,095 OR THROUGH A SEPARATE AMENDMENT 2846 01:36:41,095 --> 01:36:41,629 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2847 01:36:41,629 --> 01:36:42,329 -- I THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 2848 01:36:42,329 --> 01:36:43,497 THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 2849 01:36:43,497 --> 01:36:44,965 I, WHAT I WAS I WHEN I WAS 2850 01:36:44,965 --> 01:36:46,400 READING IT ORIGINALLY, I THOUGHT 2851 01:36:46,400 --> 01:36:49,036 I READ IT TO INDICATE OFFSETTING 2852 01:36:49,036 --> 01:36:50,638 IN TERMS OF PROJECT 2853 01:36:50,638 --> 01:36:51,672 PRIORITIZATION, BUT I THINK WHAT 2854 01:36:51,672 --> 01:36:55,843 IT ACTUALLY IS INTENDED TO STATE 2855 01:36:55,843 --> 01:36:59,079 IS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. IS THAT 2856 01:36:59,079 --> 01:36:59,346 ACCURATE? 2857 01:36:59,346 --> 01:37:00,481 -- ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR 2858 01:37:00,481 --> 01:37:02,316 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO FREE UP 2859 01:37:02,316 --> 01:37:02,550 REACH. 2860 01:37:02,550 --> 01:37:04,718 -- OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO 2861 01:37:04,718 --> 01:37:05,219 MUCH. THANK YOU CHAIR. 2862 01:37:05,219 --> 01:37:07,354 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. ANY 2863 01:37:07,354 --> 01:37:10,357 FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER 2864 01:37:10,357 --> 01:37:12,793 DISCUSSION, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU 2865 01:37:12,793 --> 01:37:16,230 WOULD ARE INTERESTED IN 2866 01:37:16,230 --> 01:37:18,599 CO-SPONSORING SPR. NINE A ONE, 2867 01:37:18,599 --> 01:37:20,501 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 2868 01:37:20,501 --> 01:37:22,803 TIME. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOUR 2869 01:37:22,803 --> 01:37:24,038 HANDS STILL UP. I'M NOT 2870 01:37:24,038 --> 01:37:25,906 EXPECTING YOU AS A CO-SPONSOR, 2871 01:37:25,906 --> 01:37:26,907 SO TRIPLE CHECKING YOU DO. NO 2872 01:37:26,907 --> 01:37:31,412 YOU DON'T. THANK YOU AS 2873 01:37:31,412 --> 01:37:33,347 CO-SPONSORS FOR SPR9A1. I HAVE 2874 01:37:33,347 --> 01:37:34,682 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND SAKA. 2875 01:37:34,682 --> 01:37:36,550 -- Ms JUAREZ AND SAKA. 2876 01:37:36,550 --> 01:37:40,588 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 2877 01:37:40,588 --> 01:37:41,155 MOVE ON TO SPR TEN, A ONE. 2878 01:37:41,155 --> 01:37:42,957 -- SPR TEN A WOULD INCREASE 2879 01:37:42,957 --> 01:37:45,759 APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR BY 210,000 2880 01:37:45,759 --> 01:37:49,763 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 AND 2028 2881 01:37:49,763 --> 01:37:51,432 FOR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE 2882 01:37:51,432 --> 01:37:53,200 UNITED INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES. 2883 01:37:53,200 --> 01:37:55,469 STEWARDSHIP OF THE WOLF CREEK 2884 01:37:55,469 --> 01:37:56,871 TRAIL AREA AND DISCOVERY PARK. 2885 01:37:56,871 --> 01:37:58,739 THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY 2886 01:37:58,739 --> 01:38:01,175 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND IS 2887 01:38:01,175 --> 01:38:01,809 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 2888 01:38:01,809 --> 01:38:03,143 HOLLINGSWORTH AND JUAREZ. 2889 01:38:03,143 --> 01:38:05,813 -- THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THIS 2890 01:38:05,813 --> 01:38:08,115 PROPOSAL, I'LL SPEAK TO IT 2891 01:38:08,115 --> 01:38:10,751 FIRST. THIS IS IN LINE WITH 2892 01:38:10,751 --> 01:38:13,020 BEYOND A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 2893 01:38:13,020 --> 01:38:16,223 WORK. THANK YOU. THAT WE DO 2894 01:38:16,223 --> 01:38:17,825 HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO 2895 01:38:17,825 --> 01:38:21,662 THE LONG HISTORY OF THE LONG 2896 01:38:21,662 --> 01:38:23,264 HISTORY OF HOW THE UNITED STATES 2897 01:38:23,264 --> 01:38:24,765 HAS TREATED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. 2898 01:38:24,765 --> 01:38:26,634 ALL THAT TO SAY, IT CULMINATED 2899 01:38:26,634 --> 01:38:28,102 AT ONE POINT WITH THE AMERICAN 2900 01:38:28,102 --> 01:38:32,139 INDIAN MOVEMENT IN THE 1970s, 2901 01:38:32,139 --> 01:38:33,073 AND DISCOVERY PARK WAS ONE PLACE 2902 01:38:33,073 --> 01:38:33,974 WHERE THE AMERICAN INDIAN 2903 01:38:33,974 --> 01:38:39,546 MOVEMENT CAME AND MADE CLEAR 2904 01:38:39,546 --> 01:38:41,849 STATEMENTS. AND IT'S THE ONLY 2905 01:38:41,849 --> 01:38:45,653 PLACE OF ALL OF THE PLACES THAT 2906 01:38:45,653 --> 01:38:46,787 THEY MADE, MADE A POINT. IT'S 2907 01:38:46,787 --> 01:38:49,323 THE ONLY PLACE THAT WAS ACTUALLY 2908 01:38:49,323 --> 01:38:51,725 TURNED OVER INTO A INDIGENOUS 2909 01:38:51,725 --> 01:38:54,895 SPACE FOR URBAN INDIANS. AND SO 2910 01:38:54,895 --> 01:38:58,832 THAT WAS WAS IT 19? IT WAS IT 2911 01:38:58,832 --> 01:39:00,668 WAS 50 YEARS AGO. IT WAS 50 2912 01:39:00,668 --> 01:39:04,004 YEARS AGO. AND AT THAT TIME, 2913 01:39:04,004 --> 01:39:05,572 BERNIE WHITEBEAR HAD SAID HE 2914 01:39:05,572 --> 01:39:07,775 WANTED THE WHOLE PARK. THEY GAVE 2915 01:39:07,775 --> 01:39:09,677 HIM 25 ACRES, WHICH IS REALLY 2916 01:39:09,677 --> 01:39:13,213 AWESOME. AND IN THE SPIRIT OF 2917 01:39:13,213 --> 01:39:17,918 LIVING THE LEGACY OF THOSE WHO 2918 01:39:17,918 --> 01:39:19,219 CAME BEFORE US, WE WORKED WITH 2919 01:39:19,219 --> 01:39:19,853 THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR 2920 01:39:19,853 --> 01:39:22,423 TO EXPAND THE OPERATIONS AND 2921 01:39:22,423 --> 01:39:24,191 MAINTENANCE AREA THAT THE UNITED 2922 01:39:24,191 --> 01:39:27,594 INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES HAS WITHIN 2923 01:39:27,594 --> 01:39:30,431 DISCOVERY PARK. THIS IS NOT TO 2924 01:39:30,431 --> 01:39:32,733 SAY THAT DISCOVERY PARK IS 534 2925 01:39:32,733 --> 01:39:35,703 ACRES. IT'S THE CITY'S LARGEST 2926 01:39:35,703 --> 01:39:39,039 PARK AND WITH PROVIDING UNITED 2927 01:39:39,039 --> 01:39:41,775 INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES, 2928 01:39:41,775 --> 01:39:43,677 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF A 2929 01:39:43,677 --> 01:39:44,278 SECTION OF THE PARK, IT'S 2930 01:39:44,278 --> 01:39:45,379 ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP THE WHOLE 2931 01:39:45,379 --> 01:39:47,781 CITY. IT'S GOING TO HELP UNITED 2932 01:39:47,781 --> 01:39:48,515 INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES. IT'S 2933 01:39:48,515 --> 01:39:49,016 GOING TO HELP THE PARKS 2934 01:39:49,016 --> 01:39:49,717 DEPARTMENT. IT'S GOING TO HELP 2935 01:39:49,717 --> 01:39:54,088 OUR RESIDENTS. AND WITH IT BEING 2936 01:39:54,088 --> 01:39:55,656 THE LARGEST PARK OF 534 ACRES, 2937 01:39:55,656 --> 01:39:57,825 THERE'S MORE WORK FOR OUR 2938 01:39:57,825 --> 01:39:59,159 PARKS. EMPLOYEES OUT THERE ARE 2939 01:39:59,159 --> 01:40:01,428 AMAZING. BUT THERE'S A FAIR 2940 01:40:01,428 --> 01:40:04,231 AMOUNT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE 2941 01:40:04,231 --> 01:40:06,000 THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR, AND 2942 01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:07,234 THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK 2943 01:40:07,234 --> 01:40:10,137 THAT NEEDS TO TAKE IT FROM BEING 2944 01:40:10,137 --> 01:40:14,942 A EUROPEAN OPERATED SPACE INTO 2945 01:40:14,942 --> 01:40:16,810 AN INDIGENOUS OPERATED SPACE. 2946 01:40:16,810 --> 01:40:18,946 AND THAT'S WHY I AM PROPOSING 2947 01:40:18,946 --> 01:40:23,984 THIS $210,000 TO HELP UNITED 2948 01:40:23,984 --> 01:40:26,520 INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES MAINTAIN 2949 01:40:26,520 --> 01:40:27,955 AND OPERATE THE SPACE THAT WE 2950 01:40:27,955 --> 01:40:31,492 HAVE GIVEN THEM. OWNERSHIP, 2951 01:40:31,492 --> 01:40:33,761 OPERATIONAL OWNERSHIP, NOT LEGAL 2952 01:40:33,761 --> 01:40:38,132 LAND OWNERSHIP OF. WITH THAT, I 2953 01:40:38,132 --> 01:40:39,867 SEE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2954 01:40:39,867 --> 01:40:41,001 -- I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. THANK 2955 01:40:41,001 --> 01:40:44,138 YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 2956 01:40:44,138 --> 01:40:45,105 COUNCILMEMBER, AND THANK YOU FOR 2957 01:40:45,105 --> 01:40:47,908 BEING THE CHAIR AND ALSO 2958 01:40:47,908 --> 01:40:49,676 MAINTAINING THE INDIGENOUS 2959 01:40:49,676 --> 01:40:50,210 ADVISORY COUNCIL IN YOUR 2960 01:40:50,210 --> 01:40:51,945 COMMITTEE. THIS GOES BACK TO, OF 2961 01:40:51,945 --> 01:40:54,948 COURSE, THE 1970s. AND FOR THOSE 2962 01:40:54,948 --> 01:40:55,883 OF YOU WHO WERE TOO YOUNG TO 2963 01:40:55,883 --> 01:40:57,084 REMEMBER THIS, IN THE GANG OF 2964 01:40:57,084 --> 01:40:59,386 FOUR WITH OUR UNCLE BERNIE 2965 01:40:59,386 --> 01:41:00,621 WHITEBEAR AND OUR TIO ROBERTO 2966 01:41:00,621 --> 01:41:04,158 MAESTAS, AND OF COURSE, LARRY 2967 01:41:04,158 --> 01:41:04,792 GOSSETT, WONDERFUL MENTOR, AND 2968 01:41:04,792 --> 01:41:07,428 OF COURSE, UNCLE BOB. AND WE 2969 01:41:07,428 --> 01:41:09,263 ACTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY LED US. 2970 01:41:09,263 --> 01:41:11,498 AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK OVER DURING 2971 01:41:11,498 --> 01:41:12,699 THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT. SO 2972 01:41:12,699 --> 01:41:14,935 I THINK GETTING BACK TO TODAY, 2973 01:41:14,935 --> 01:41:17,638 WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS, IS 2974 01:41:17,638 --> 01:41:18,639 PRINCIPLED. IT ISN'T JUST 2975 01:41:18,639 --> 01:41:19,573 PROGRESSIVE. AND WE HAVE A 2976 01:41:19,573 --> 01:41:22,843 SLOGAN. WE ARE ACTUALLY 2977 01:41:22,843 --> 01:41:24,578 IMPLEMENTING THE ORIGINS AND THE 2978 01:41:24,578 --> 01:41:28,215 PRINCIPLES OF LAND BACK INTO THE 2979 01:41:28,215 --> 01:41:29,883 ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THE LAND TO 2980 01:41:29,883 --> 01:41:31,218 MAINTAIN IT. AND SO THE 2981 01:41:31,218 --> 01:41:32,052 EXPANSION, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 2982 01:41:32,052 --> 01:41:34,822 KNOW THIS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, 2983 01:41:34,822 --> 01:41:36,490 BUT THERE IS ENORMOUS THANKS IN 2984 01:41:36,490 --> 01:41:40,327 INDIAN COUNTRY, NOT FOR THE 2985 01:41:40,327 --> 01:41:42,329 NATIVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN A 2986 01:41:42,329 --> 01:41:43,964 CITY, NOT WITHIN THEIR 2987 01:41:43,964 --> 01:41:45,933 TRADITIONAL LANDS OR THEIR CEDED 2988 01:41:45,933 --> 01:41:48,669 LANDS. AND UNCEDED LANDS THAT 2989 01:41:48,669 --> 01:41:49,937 HOPEFULLY THIS OTHER CITIES WILL 2990 01:41:49,937 --> 01:41:51,438 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. WE'VE 2991 01:41:51,438 --> 01:41:55,809 SEEN A LOT OF LAND BACK AND 2992 01:41:55,809 --> 01:41:57,344 ALLOWING AND GIVING BACK WHEN 2993 01:41:57,344 --> 01:41:59,613 THERE IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS 2994 01:41:59,613 --> 01:42:02,783 WAS THIS WAS LAND THAT OTHER 2995 01:42:02,783 --> 01:42:05,819 DEPARTMENTS AND CITIES WANTED. 2996 01:42:05,819 --> 01:42:08,489 AND THAT'S WHERE THE GANG OF 2997 01:42:08,489 --> 01:42:09,857 FOUR SAID, NO, THIS IS GOING TO. 2998 01:42:09,857 --> 01:42:13,127 AND WE DID THE SAME THING FOR EL 2999 01:42:13,127 --> 01:42:15,095 CENTRO DE LA RAZA WHEN WE TOOK 3000 01:42:15,095 --> 01:42:16,430 OVER THE SCHOOL THERE, WHICH IS 3001 01:42:16,430 --> 01:42:17,498 NOW. HAVE YOU SEEN IT NOW? IT'S 3002 01:42:17,498 --> 01:42:18,232 BEAUTIFUL. IT HAS HOUSING, IT 3003 01:42:18,232 --> 01:42:19,933 HAS ALL THE THINGS THAT WE 3004 01:42:19,933 --> 01:42:21,602 WANTED. AND AGAIN, I GET BACK TO 3005 01:42:21,602 --> 01:42:23,971 BRICK AND MORTAR AND PRINCIPALS 3006 01:42:23,971 --> 01:42:26,540 DOING THE WORK, PUTTING THE 3007 01:42:26,540 --> 01:42:29,209 STAKE BEING PROGRESSIVE MOVING 3008 01:42:29,209 --> 01:42:29,910 FORWARD. I LOVE THE CHANT. WHAT 3009 01:42:29,910 --> 01:42:32,179 DO WE WANT? WE WANT IT NOW. BUT 3010 01:42:32,179 --> 01:42:32,846 UNFORTUNATELY THE WORLD DOESN'T 3011 01:42:32,846 --> 01:42:34,882 WORK THAT WAY. AND SO WITH THAT, 3012 01:42:34,882 --> 01:42:36,650 THIS IS ONE STEP TOWARDS THOSE 3013 01:42:36,650 --> 01:42:38,085 PRINCIPLES OF LAND BACK THAT WE 3014 01:42:38,085 --> 01:42:39,920 HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND WE HAVE 3015 01:42:39,920 --> 01:42:41,855 ENFORCED. AND NOW WE HAVE 3016 01:42:41,855 --> 01:42:45,125 CODIFIED AND INSTITUTIONALIZED 3017 01:42:45,125 --> 01:42:48,128 AT WOLF CREEK TRAIL AREA, IT IS 3018 01:42:48,128 --> 01:42:50,397 NOW BEEN MANAGED BY UNITED 3019 01:42:50,397 --> 01:42:51,732 INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES AND THEIR 3020 01:42:51,732 --> 01:42:52,966 CEO, MIKE TULLEY. SO THANK YOU. 3021 01:42:52,966 --> 01:42:54,768 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3022 01:42:54,768 --> 01:42:57,137 JUAREZ COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 3023 01:42:57,137 --> 01:42:59,806 DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION. 3024 01:42:59,806 --> 01:43:01,475 ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? ANY FINAL 3025 01:43:01,475 --> 01:43:02,843 DISCUSSION? I'M GOING TO ASK 3026 01:43:02,843 --> 01:43:05,145 FOR CO-SPONSORS. IF YOU WOULD 3027 01:43:05,145 --> 01:43:06,046 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SPR TEN, AYE 3028 01:43:06,046 --> 01:43:10,450 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 3029 01:43:10,450 --> 01:43:12,953 THIS TIME. WE HAVE ALL 3030 01:43:12,953 --> 01:43:13,554 COUNCILMEMBERS CO-SPONSORING 3031 01:43:13,554 --> 01:43:17,391 THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. 3032 01:43:17,391 --> 01:43:18,926 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IS NOT AT 3033 01:43:18,926 --> 01:43:20,194 THE DAIS. 3034 01:43:20,194 --> 01:43:20,527 -- OH, WHAT. 3035 01:43:20,527 --> 01:43:23,764 -- HE SAYS YES 3036 01:43:23,764 --> 01:43:24,131 -- [LAUGHTER]. 3037 01:43:24,131 --> 01:43:25,799 -- I'M GOING TO MAKE AN 3038 01:43:25,799 --> 01:43:27,568 EXCEPTION AND ASK COUNCILMEMBER 3039 01:43:27,568 --> 01:43:28,936 SAKA. AND JUST WHENEVER HE 3040 01:43:28,936 --> 01:43:30,404 RETURNS IF HE WOULD LIKE TO ADD 3041 01:43:30,404 --> 01:43:33,040 HIS NAME, SINCE EVERYONE HAS 3042 01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:33,740 PILED ON. JUST THANK YOU FOR 3043 01:43:33,740 --> 01:43:36,376 YOUR WORDS ABOUT THE GANG OF 3044 01:43:36,376 --> 01:43:37,878 FOUR COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THIS 3045 01:43:37,878 --> 01:43:39,646 IS A MEANINGFUL STATEMENT. WE'RE 3046 01:43:39,646 --> 01:43:42,249 GOING TO MOVE ON TO SPR 11, AYE 3047 01:43:42,249 --> 01:43:44,551 ONE. 3048 01:43:44,551 --> 01:43:47,321 -- SPR 11. AYE WOULD INCREASE 3049 01:43:47,321 --> 01:43:49,723 APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR BY 75,000 3050 01:43:49,723 --> 01:43:51,825 GENERAL FUND ONE TIME IN 2027 TO 3051 01:43:51,825 --> 01:43:53,860 REPLACE THE AUDIO SYSTEM AT 3052 01:43:53,860 --> 01:43:55,262 INTERBAY STADIUM. THIS ITEM IS 3053 01:43:55,262 --> 01:43:57,464 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 3054 01:43:57,464 --> 01:43:59,366 STRAUSS AND CO-SPONSORED BY 3055 01:43:59,366 --> 01:43:59,933 COUNCILMEMBERS, KETTLE AND 3056 01:43:59,933 --> 01:44:01,902 FOSTER 3057 01:44:01,902 --> 01:44:03,470 -- THANK YOU. SPONSOR THIS 3058 01:44:03,470 --> 01:44:05,572 AMENDMENT IN DISTRICT SIX SEVEN, 3059 01:44:05,572 --> 01:44:08,075 THE TRAVIS NEIGHBORHOOD WE 3060 01:44:08,075 --> 01:44:09,409 DON'T HAVE A DRIVER'S DAY 3061 01:44:09,409 --> 01:44:11,979 TODAY, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS 3062 01:44:11,979 --> 01:44:13,313 THAT THE AUDIO SYSTEM AND THE 3063 01:44:13,313 --> 01:44:16,016 INTER BASED STADIUM WAS BUILT IN 3064 01:44:16,016 --> 01:44:18,685 1997. I WAS PLAYING BALLARD 3065 01:44:18,685 --> 01:44:20,787 YOUTH SOCCER ON A MIDDLE SCHOOL 3066 01:44:20,787 --> 01:44:23,457 SOCCER TEAM. THAT'S WHEN THE 3067 01:44:23,457 --> 01:44:25,392 LAST TIME THAT THIS SOUND SYSTEM 3068 01:44:25,392 --> 01:44:28,595 WAS UPDATED FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO 3069 01:44:28,595 --> 01:44:29,997 HAVE BEEN TO INTERBAY STADIUM 3070 01:44:29,997 --> 01:44:32,432 FOR A GAME, IF YOU'VE EITHER 3071 01:44:32,432 --> 01:44:33,767 REALLY NOTICED THAT THE SOUND 3072 01:44:33,767 --> 01:44:34,801 SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK AT ALL, 3073 01:44:34,801 --> 01:44:36,570 LIKE IT LITERALLY DOESN'T WORK, 3074 01:44:36,570 --> 01:44:40,274 OR IT IS INAUDIBLE AS IN IT 3075 01:44:40,274 --> 01:44:41,208 DOESN'T WORK, OR YOU'VE BEEN 3076 01:44:41,208 --> 01:44:42,776 TO A GAME WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THE 3077 01:44:42,776 --> 01:44:43,977 AUDIO REALLY WELL ON THE DAYS 3078 01:44:43,977 --> 01:44:45,445 THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE, WHERE 3079 01:44:45,445 --> 01:44:46,013 THE AUDIO IS WORKING REALLY 3080 01:44:46,013 --> 01:44:49,116 WELL, IT'S BECAUSE ABOUT 12 TO 3081 01:44:49,116 --> 01:44:53,053 14 TEMPORARY SPEAKERS ARE SET UP 3082 01:44:53,053 --> 01:44:54,488 AROUND THE STADIUM, AND AN AD 3083 01:44:54,488 --> 01:44:56,823 HOC SOUND SYSTEM IS USED. THIS 3084 01:44:56,823 --> 01:45:01,428 IS HOW WE AVOIDED NATIONAL 3085 01:45:01,428 --> 01:45:05,465 EMBARRASSMENT WHEN WE HOSTED THE 3086 01:45:05,465 --> 01:45:06,099 SALMON BAY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 3087 01:45:06,099 --> 01:45:10,037 HERE THIS YEAR. IT IS HOW YOU 3088 01:45:10,037 --> 01:45:11,171 CAN HEAR ANYTHING. AND SO ALL 3089 01:45:11,171 --> 01:45:13,674 I'M ASKING IS FOR US TO UPDATE 3090 01:45:13,674 --> 01:45:17,244 THE SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST 3091 01:45:17,244 --> 01:45:20,447 TIME SINCE 1997. IT'S NOT. NOT 3092 01:45:20,447 --> 01:45:24,384 THAT LONG AGO. DID I HEAR THAT? 3093 01:45:24,384 --> 01:45:24,718 -- [LAUGHTER] 3094 01:45:24,718 --> 01:45:25,352 -- NO. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS 3095 01:45:25,352 --> 01:45:25,986 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. ANYTHING 3096 01:45:25,986 --> 01:45:29,122 TO ADD? NOTHING TO ADD. 3097 01:45:29,122 --> 01:45:31,291 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I SEE YOUR 3098 01:45:31,291 --> 01:45:32,626 HAND. NO PROBLEM. COLLEAGUES, 3099 01:45:32,626 --> 01:45:35,495 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. 3100 01:45:35,495 --> 01:45:35,962 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3101 01:45:35,962 --> 01:45:36,596 -- I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 3102 01:45:36,596 --> 01:45:37,664 SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS 3103 01:45:37,664 --> 01:45:38,632 FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3104 01:45:38,632 --> 01:45:39,933 AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS A 3105 01:45:39,933 --> 01:45:42,736 CO-SPONSOR. I THINK THIS IS AN 3106 01:45:42,736 --> 01:45:43,303 IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT JUST 3107 01:45:43,303 --> 01:45:44,471 BECAUSE WE'RE IN A LITTLE LATE 3108 01:45:44,471 --> 01:45:46,673 AFTERNOON LEVITY MOMENT, I WILL 3109 01:45:46,673 --> 01:45:47,874 SAY WHAT YOU CAN HEAR IF YOU'VE 3110 01:45:47,874 --> 01:45:49,242 EVER BEEN TO INTERBAY STADIUM, 3111 01:45:49,242 --> 01:45:50,844 WHEN DAN STRAUSS IS THERE IS YOU 3112 01:45:50,844 --> 01:45:53,380 CAN HEAR COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 3113 01:45:53,380 --> 01:45:55,782 AT THOSE GAMES CHEERING FOR HIS 3114 01:45:55,782 --> 01:45:58,652 TEAMS LOUD AND CLEAR. AND I 3115 01:45:58,652 --> 01:46:00,120 WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO 3116 01:46:00,120 --> 01:46:01,254 SAY IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT 3117 01:46:01,254 --> 01:46:02,689 TO SEE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE 3118 01:46:02,689 --> 01:46:04,491 LOCAL TEAMS, AND IT WAS JUST 3119 01:46:04,491 --> 01:46:06,259 FANTASTIC TO GET TO HONOR THE 3120 01:46:06,259 --> 01:46:07,928 SALMON BAY FOOTBALL CLUB EARLIER 3121 01:46:07,928 --> 01:46:08,795 THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF YOUR 3122 01:46:08,795 --> 01:46:09,930 LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU FOR 3123 01:46:09,930 --> 01:46:11,665 HAVING ME. PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS 3124 01:46:11,665 --> 01:46:11,965 AMENDMENT. 3125 01:46:11,965 --> 01:46:13,734 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUE. THE 3126 01:46:13,734 --> 01:46:16,336 OTHER NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT, MY 3127 01:46:16,336 --> 01:46:16,603 CHEERING. 3128 01:46:16,603 --> 01:46:18,271 -- YOU SAID YES. 3129 01:46:18,271 --> 01:46:19,339 -- OKAY, GREAT. SO I'M GOING TO 3130 01:46:19,339 --> 01:46:21,341 CALL FOR CO-SPONSORS ON THE 3131 01:46:21,341 --> 01:46:24,077 INTERBAY STADIUM. SPR 11, AYE 3132 01:46:24,077 --> 01:46:25,712 ONE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 3133 01:46:25,712 --> 01:46:26,446 CO-SPONSOR IT. AND THEN I'M 3134 01:46:26,446 --> 01:46:28,915 GOING TO COME BACK TO THE LAST 3135 01:46:28,915 --> 01:46:32,085 ONE. I'VE GOT CO-SPONSORS ON 3136 01:46:32,085 --> 01:46:34,955 THIS INTERBAY SOUND SYSTEM. 11 3137 01:46:34,955 --> 01:46:35,489 AYE ONE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3138 01:46:35,489 --> 01:46:37,624 HOLLINGSWORTH AND JUAREZ. 3139 01:46:37,624 --> 01:46:39,126 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. HOLLINGSWORTH 3140 01:46:39,126 --> 01:46:39,426 AND JUAREZ. 3141 01:46:39,426 --> 01:46:40,494 -- THANK YOU. AND THEN FOR THE 3142 01:46:40,494 --> 01:46:43,597 RECORD, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE AN 3143 01:46:43,597 --> 01:46:46,166 EXCEPTION. GO BACK ONE ITEM TO 3144 01:46:46,166 --> 01:46:48,869 SPR TEN AYE ONE COUNCILMEMBER 3145 01:46:48,869 --> 01:46:50,737 SAKA. ALL OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS 3146 01:46:50,737 --> 01:46:51,905 HAVE SIGNED ON TO THIS ITEM THAT 3147 01:46:51,905 --> 01:46:53,907 IS BEYOND A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 3148 01:46:53,907 --> 01:46:56,176 TO RETURN LAND TO INDIGENOUS 3149 01:46:56,176 --> 01:46:58,278 STEWARDSHIP AND DISCOVERY PARK. 3150 01:46:58,278 --> 01:47:00,347 WOULD YOU LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR? 3151 01:47:00,347 --> 01:47:00,580 -- YES. 3152 01:47:00,580 --> 01:47:01,348 -- FANTASTIC. NOW WE HAVE ALL 3153 01:47:01,348 --> 01:47:02,916 COAST. NOW WE HAVE ALL 3154 01:47:02,916 --> 01:47:04,551 COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR 3155 01:47:04,551 --> 01:47:05,652 THE GRACE LEADING ME THROUGH 3156 01:47:05,652 --> 01:47:07,354 THAT, LETTING ME HAVE THAT 3157 01:47:07,354 --> 01:47:08,922 EXCEPTION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE 3158 01:47:08,922 --> 01:47:12,826 ON TO SPR13SA1. 3159 01:47:12,826 --> 01:47:16,730 -- SPR 13 S AYE WOULD ESTABLISH 3160 01:47:16,730 --> 01:47:17,297 A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 3161 01:47:17,297 --> 01:47:19,232 INTENT REQUESTING SPR TO REPORT 3162 01:47:19,232 --> 01:47:22,035 ON POTENTIAL OPERATIONAL AND 3163 01:47:22,035 --> 01:47:23,336 DESIGN CHANGES AT LESCHI, 3164 01:47:23,336 --> 01:47:25,605 MADRONA, SEWARD AND STAN SAYRES 3165 01:47:25,605 --> 01:47:27,774 MEMORIAL PARKS TO REDUCE 3166 01:47:27,774 --> 01:47:29,976 INAPPROPRIATE USE OF THESE 3167 01:47:29,976 --> 01:47:30,510 PUBLIC SPACES, INCLUDING 3168 01:47:30,510 --> 01:47:32,145 EXCESSIVE NOISE AND AFTER HOURS 3169 01:47:32,145 --> 01:47:33,980 PARTIES. THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED 3170 01:47:33,980 --> 01:47:35,816 BY COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND IS 3171 01:47:35,816 --> 01:47:37,551 CO-SPONSORED BY HOLLINGSWORTH 3172 01:47:37,551 --> 01:47:38,685 AND FOSTER. 3173 01:47:38,685 --> 01:47:39,319 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3174 01:47:39,319 --> 01:47:40,120 IS SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL. YOU 3175 01:47:40,120 --> 01:47:42,656 ARE RECOGNIZED. 3176 01:47:42,656 --> 01:47:46,960 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES THIS WE 3177 01:47:46,960 --> 01:47:50,897 ALL LOVE TO ENJOY OUR PARKS AND 3178 01:47:50,897 --> 01:47:52,065 WE WANT PEOPLE TO TO YOU KNOW, 3179 01:47:52,065 --> 01:47:54,768 FEEL FREE TO ENJOY THEM AT THE 3180 01:47:54,768 --> 01:47:57,737 SAME TIME, WE'VE HAD ISSUES 3181 01:47:57,737 --> 01:48:02,342 ALONG LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 3182 01:48:02,342 --> 01:48:03,877 WHERE THE PARTYING HAS GONE LATE 3183 01:48:03,877 --> 01:48:08,248 INTO THE EVENING AND WE'VE HAD 3184 01:48:08,248 --> 01:48:09,716 THE PARK RANGERS AND POLICE, YOU 3185 01:48:09,716 --> 01:48:11,551 KNOW, MOVE PEOPLE ALONG. BUT IT 3186 01:48:11,551 --> 01:48:14,788 HAS BECOME DANGEROUS AT TIMES. 3187 01:48:14,788 --> 01:48:18,291 AND WE ALSO KNOW SPD IS ALREADY 3188 01:48:18,291 --> 01:48:20,327 STRETCHED THIN. AND SO THIS IS 3189 01:48:20,327 --> 01:48:23,163 EXPLORING OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS 3190 01:48:23,163 --> 01:48:24,731 SOME OF THESE KIND OF LATE NIGHT 3191 01:48:24,731 --> 01:48:26,500 PARTIES. SEWARD PARK, FOR 3192 01:48:26,500 --> 01:48:29,803 EXAMPLE, DOES NOT HAVE A GATE. 3193 01:48:29,803 --> 01:48:33,139 AND SO THAT MAKES ENFORCEMENT OF 3194 01:48:33,139 --> 01:48:36,710 LATE NIGHT ACTIVITIES DIFFICULT. 3195 01:48:36,710 --> 01:48:38,745 SO THIS IS ASKING THE PARKS 3196 01:48:38,745 --> 01:48:40,780 DEPARTMENT TO REPORT ON, ARE 3197 01:48:40,780 --> 01:48:42,816 THERE WAYS THAT THEY CAN MANAGE 3198 01:48:42,816 --> 01:48:45,852 THESE PARKING LOTS ALONG LAKE 3199 01:48:45,852 --> 01:48:48,555 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD TO TO 3200 01:48:48,555 --> 01:48:50,757 BETTER ADDRESS ACTIVITIES THAT 3201 01:48:50,757 --> 01:48:52,792 ARE CAUSING POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO 3202 01:48:52,792 --> 01:48:53,293 NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT 3203 01:48:53,293 --> 01:48:55,762 POTENTIALLY THERE HAVE BEEN 3204 01:48:55,762 --> 01:48:58,465 GUNFIRE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE 3205 01:48:58,465 --> 01:48:59,866 ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC SAFETY 3206 01:48:59,866 --> 01:49:01,334 CONCERNS THAT ARISE OUT OF THESE 3207 01:49:01,334 --> 01:49:03,637 LATE NIGHT ACTIVITIES. 3208 01:49:03,637 --> 01:49:05,605 -- WELL SAID. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3209 01:49:05,605 --> 01:49:06,239 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS CHAIR OF 3210 01:49:06,239 --> 01:49:07,541 THE COMMITTEE. ANYTHING TO ADD? 3211 01:49:07,541 --> 01:49:08,542 NOT AT THIS TIME, COLLEAGUES. 3212 01:49:08,542 --> 01:49:12,412 FURTHER DISCUSSION? 3213 01:49:12,412 --> 01:49:12,879 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3214 01:49:12,879 --> 01:49:13,513 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 3215 01:49:13,513 --> 01:49:15,382 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 3216 01:49:15,382 --> 01:49:16,182 BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE 3217 01:49:16,182 --> 01:49:19,185 IT GOES TO ALL THE THINGS THAT 3218 01:49:19,185 --> 01:49:20,554 WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IN 3219 01:49:20,554 --> 01:49:21,888 COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO AS A 3220 01:49:21,888 --> 01:49:23,089 DISTRICT REP. JUST A FEW WEEKS 3221 01:49:23,089 --> 01:49:27,060 AGO, WE HAD A SHOOTING IN KERRY 3222 01:49:27,060 --> 01:49:28,962 PARK THAT'S BEEN SEEN OF MANY 3223 01:49:28,962 --> 01:49:31,131 BASICALLY PARK SLASH STREET 3224 01:49:31,131 --> 01:49:32,632 TAKEOVERS. AND WE HAD MEETINGS 3225 01:49:32,632 --> 01:49:34,234 WITH WEST PRECINCT AND OTHERS 3226 01:49:34,234 --> 01:49:36,436 AND WEST PRECINCT, BUT ASSETS 3227 01:49:36,436 --> 01:49:37,804 THERE. ONE WEEKEND, EVERYTHING 3228 01:49:37,804 --> 01:49:40,173 WAS GOOD. AND THEN LAST WEEK AND 3229 01:49:40,173 --> 01:49:41,975 WE'RE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE WERE. 3230 01:49:41,975 --> 01:49:45,745 AND SO MAYBE NEXT WEEKEND THERE 3231 01:49:45,745 --> 01:49:46,279 WILL BE ANOTHER SHOOTING. 3232 01:49:46,279 --> 01:49:46,713 -- THE BIKE. 3233 01:49:46,713 --> 01:49:49,115 -- PATROL 3234 01:49:49,115 --> 01:49:51,851 -- OR, OR WE CAN GET ANOTHER 3235 01:49:51,851 --> 01:49:53,286 BIKE PATROL. I UNDERSTAND WHERE 3236 01:49:53,286 --> 01:49:54,721 MY COLLEAGUE IS COMING FROM, BUT 3237 01:49:54,721 --> 01:49:56,222 IT HIGHLIGHTS THE SERIOUS ISSUES 3238 01:49:56,222 --> 01:49:58,091 THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. THE SPD 3239 01:49:58,091 --> 01:49:59,092 STAFFING CRISIS, BECAUSE AT THE 3240 01:49:59,092 --> 01:50:01,294 END OF THE DAY, IN ADDITION TO 3241 01:50:01,294 --> 01:50:03,229 THE SEPTET AND OTHER PIECES THAT 3242 01:50:03,229 --> 01:50:03,863 YOU HIGHLIGHTED HERE, WHICH IS 3243 01:50:03,863 --> 01:50:05,465 GREAT, IT WILL HELP US GET TO 3244 01:50:05,465 --> 01:50:06,166 THE PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN 3245 01:50:06,166 --> 01:50:08,768 TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK 3246 01:50:08,768 --> 01:50:09,302 YOU, CHAIR. 3247 01:50:09,302 --> 01:50:11,137 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3248 01:50:11,137 --> 01:50:12,072 KETTLE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AS 3249 01:50:12,072 --> 01:50:12,572 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 3250 01:50:12,572 --> 01:50:14,240 OVERSEEING THIS. NOPE, NOTHING 3251 01:50:14,240 --> 01:50:16,242 TO ADD. GOT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3252 01:50:16,242 --> 01:50:17,377 AND RIVERA. 3253 01:50:17,377 --> 01:50:18,511 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 3254 01:50:18,511 --> 01:50:19,713 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN, FOR 3255 01:50:19,713 --> 01:50:22,549 BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO ADDRESS 3256 01:50:22,549 --> 01:50:24,451 SPECIFIC PARKS RELATED PUBLIC 3257 01:50:24,451 --> 01:50:27,187 SAFETY CHALLENGES IN YOUR 3258 01:50:27,187 --> 01:50:28,154 NEIGHBORHOOD, IN YOUR DISTRICT, 3259 01:50:28,154 --> 01:50:31,758 RATHER. AND THIS PROBLEM, THE 3260 01:50:31,758 --> 01:50:37,130 PROBLEM YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS NOT 3261 01:50:37,130 --> 01:50:37,697 CONFINED TO THOSE SPECIFIC 3262 01:50:37,697 --> 01:50:40,300 PROBLEMATIC PARKS IN YOUR 3263 01:50:40,300 --> 01:50:46,940 DISTRICT. AND ACTUALLY, MY LCI 3264 01:50:46,940 --> 01:50:48,875 LCI AMENDMENT WAS WAS IN PART 3265 01:50:48,875 --> 01:50:50,443 INTENDED TO BE IN LARGE PART 3266 01:50:50,443 --> 01:50:51,344 INTENDED TO BE DIRECTLY 3267 01:50:51,344 --> 01:50:53,580 RESPONSIVE TO THOSE NEEDS, 3268 01:50:53,580 --> 01:50:54,214 INCLUDING BECAUSE THERE'S A, 3269 01:50:54,214 --> 01:50:56,082 EXCUSE ME, A CAPITAL COMPONENT 3270 01:50:56,082 --> 01:50:59,319 AS WELL TO ADDRESS THAT. I DO 3271 01:50:59,319 --> 01:51:00,253 THINK CAMERAS WOULD HELP, AT 3272 01:51:00,253 --> 01:51:01,354 LEAST THE COMMUNITY DOES. AND 3273 01:51:01,354 --> 01:51:06,693 THAT'S. SO THEREFORE, I DO. AND 3274 01:51:06,693 --> 01:51:08,695 AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU 3275 01:51:08,695 --> 01:51:10,363 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND 3276 01:51:10,363 --> 01:51:12,365 IF YOU'RE AMENABLE, I WOULD 3277 01:51:12,365 --> 01:51:16,169 ACTUALLY LOVE TO ADD LCI BEACH 3278 01:51:16,169 --> 01:51:17,704 AND DON ARMENI PARK TO THE LIST. 3279 01:51:17,704 --> 01:51:19,706 AND IF NOT, NO WORRIES. MAYBE 3280 01:51:19,706 --> 01:51:22,375 I'LL BRING MY OWN SLY AT THE 3281 01:51:22,375 --> 01:51:25,912 NEXT STAGE. BUT I KNOW SOME OF 3282 01:51:25,912 --> 01:51:27,647 THE SUSTAINED ACTIONS THAT WE'VE 3283 01:51:27,647 --> 01:51:29,883 TAKEN OVER OVER THE YEARS HAVE 3284 01:51:29,883 --> 01:51:31,184 GONE A LONG WAY TO ADDRESS SOME 3285 01:51:31,184 --> 01:51:34,921 OF THE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES, 3286 01:51:34,921 --> 01:51:36,256 INCLUDING RECONFIGURING DUWAMISH 3287 01:51:36,256 --> 01:51:37,257 HEAD, WHICH YOU DID A COUPLE OF 3288 01:51:37,257 --> 01:51:40,493 YEARS AGO DURING BUDGET, ADDED 3289 01:51:40,493 --> 01:51:41,961 PUSH. THE DEPARTMENT SECURED 3290 01:51:41,961 --> 01:51:43,763 THEIR COMMITMENT, AND THEY DID 3291 01:51:43,763 --> 01:51:47,167 INSTALL A NUMBER OF SPEED 3292 01:51:47,167 --> 01:51:49,235 CUSHIONS, NOT SPEED BUMPS OR 3293 01:51:49,235 --> 01:51:50,770 HUMPS. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IF 3294 01:51:50,770 --> 01:51:51,337 YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT THE 3295 01:51:51,337 --> 01:51:53,106 ENGINEERING TECHNICAL 3296 01:51:53,106 --> 01:51:55,375 DISTINCTION THERE, THERE IS A 3297 01:51:55,375 --> 01:51:57,377 DIFFERENCE. AND OTHER THINGS. 3298 01:51:57,377 --> 01:51:59,079 MORE LIGHTING ALONG RESTAURANT 3299 01:51:59,079 --> 01:52:01,781 ROW AND OTHER THINGS. AND IT'S 3300 01:52:01,781 --> 01:52:03,349 MADE AND IT'S HELPED. IT HAS 3301 01:52:03,349 --> 01:52:04,417 NOT AT ALL ELIMINATED IT. IT HAS 3302 01:52:04,417 --> 01:52:08,688 NOT AT ALL PUT THAT THAT 3303 01:52:08,688 --> 01:52:09,255 PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD AND 3304 01:52:09,255 --> 01:52:10,490 COMMUNITY IN A POSITION WHERE IT 3305 01:52:10,490 --> 01:52:14,227 NEEDS TO BE TO AVOID ALL THAT 3306 01:52:14,227 --> 01:52:14,861 THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES 3307 01:52:14,861 --> 01:52:17,864 THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING AND I DO 3308 01:52:17,864 --> 01:52:19,799 THINK PART OF THE SOLUTION, AND 3309 01:52:19,799 --> 01:52:22,402 I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, 3310 01:52:22,402 --> 01:52:24,471 THE LONGER TERM, MORE DURABLE 3311 01:52:24,471 --> 01:52:30,243 SOLUTION IS AUTOMATED. NO NOISE 3312 01:52:30,243 --> 01:52:33,513 TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS, 3313 01:52:33,513 --> 01:52:34,047 AUTOMATED NOISE, TRAFFIC 3314 01:52:34,047 --> 01:52:36,916 ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS. SPD 3315 01:52:36,916 --> 01:52:40,153 DOESN'T HAVE THE STAFFING 3316 01:52:40,153 --> 01:52:43,823 CAPABILITY TODAY TO TO HAVE 3317 01:52:43,823 --> 01:52:46,493 TARGETED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS OF 3318 01:52:46,493 --> 01:52:47,761 NOISE VIOLATIONS, WHETHER IT'S 3319 01:52:47,761 --> 01:52:51,564 IN OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AS A 3320 01:52:51,564 --> 01:52:54,100 RESULT OF PEOPLE YELLING STUFF 3321 01:52:54,100 --> 01:52:56,736 IN MEGAPHONES, STADIUMS, OR LOUD 3322 01:52:56,736 --> 01:52:58,505 EXCESSIVE CAR NOISES. BUT AT 3323 01:52:58,505 --> 01:53:00,140 LEAST WITH RESPECT TO THE LATTER 3324 01:53:00,140 --> 01:53:04,544 PROBLEM, THERE IS THE TECHNOLOGY 3325 01:53:04,544 --> 01:53:06,579 EXISTS. THIS REQUIRES A STATE, A 3326 01:53:06,579 --> 01:53:08,615 CHANGE IN STATE LAW, BECAUSE 3327 01:53:08,615 --> 01:53:10,016 OTHER JURISDICTIONS LIKE NEW 3328 01:53:10,016 --> 01:53:11,985 YORK AND OTHERS HAVE HAVE THAT 3329 01:53:11,985 --> 01:53:13,553 CAPABILITY. AND I THINK HAVING 3330 01:53:13,553 --> 01:53:16,489 AUTOMATED NOISE ENFORCEMENT 3331 01:53:16,489 --> 01:53:18,458 TECHNOLOGY WOULD HELP ADDRESS 3332 01:53:18,458 --> 01:53:19,526 SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 3333 01:53:19,526 --> 01:53:21,327 CHALLENGES AS WELL. BUT I 3334 01:53:21,327 --> 01:53:22,362 APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR 3335 01:53:22,362 --> 01:53:22,962 LEADERSHIP FOR BRINGING THIS 3336 01:53:22,962 --> 01:53:24,464 FORWARD. WOULD LOVE, IF YOU'RE 3337 01:53:24,464 --> 01:53:26,666 AMENABLE TO ADD ALKI BEACH AND 3338 01:53:26,666 --> 01:53:30,970 DON ARMENI TO THE TO THE LIST. 3339 01:53:30,970 --> 01:53:32,906 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3340 01:53:32,906 --> 01:53:34,908 I'M JUST GOING TO ANYTHING TO 3341 01:53:34,908 --> 01:53:37,143 ADD THERE. 3342 01:53:37,143 --> 01:53:40,146 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, I WOULD 3343 01:53:40,146 --> 01:53:40,713 ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT AND 3344 01:53:40,713 --> 01:53:42,315 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA CERTAINLY 3345 01:53:42,315 --> 01:53:44,851 WILLING TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO 3346 01:53:44,851 --> 01:53:46,052 LOOK AT OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY 3347 01:53:46,052 --> 01:53:49,656 THAT MIGHT BE FACING SIMILAR 3348 01:53:49,656 --> 01:53:50,557 CONCERNS. SO THANK YOU. 3349 01:53:50,557 --> 01:53:52,025 -- SORRY. I'M GOING TO 3350 01:53:52,025 --> 01:53:52,859 FACILITATE IN A LITTLE WAY, AND 3351 01:53:52,859 --> 01:53:53,893 THEN I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO 3352 01:53:53,893 --> 01:53:54,694 YOU JUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO 3353 01:53:54,694 --> 01:53:56,362 SOME OF THIS IN OPEN SESSION. 3354 01:53:56,362 --> 01:53:57,864 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU DIRECTLY, 3355 01:53:57,864 --> 01:54:00,200 IS IT OKAY TO ADD THOSE TO YOUR 3356 01:54:00,200 --> 01:54:02,068 SLIDE. SURE. AND THEN AND THEN I 3357 01:54:02,068 --> 01:54:03,736 WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT IN THE 3358 01:54:03,736 --> 01:54:05,505 CHAIR'S PACKAGE. THANKS. I JUST 3359 01:54:05,505 --> 01:54:07,473 DON'T I'M TRYING TO BE 3360 01:54:07,473 --> 01:54:09,642 COGNIZANT OF OPEN PUBLIC MEETING 3361 01:54:09,642 --> 01:54:11,277 ACT AND THE WORK THAT I HAVE TO 3362 01:54:11,277 --> 01:54:11,511 DO THIS 3363 01:54:11,511 --> 01:54:11,845 -- [LAUGHTER] 3364 01:54:11,845 --> 01:54:12,745 -- WEEKEND. 3365 01:54:12,745 --> 01:54:13,079 -- [LAUGHTER] 3366 01:54:13,079 --> 01:54:13,780 -- OKAY. THANK YOU DR., I'D ADD 3367 01:54:13,780 --> 01:54:16,482 TO YOUR WORK CHAIR. THANK YOU. 3368 01:54:16,482 --> 01:54:17,050 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3369 01:54:17,050 --> 01:54:18,084 RIVERA FLOOR IS YOURS. 3370 01:54:18,084 --> 01:54:21,487 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 3371 01:54:21,487 --> 01:54:23,389 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, FOR BRINGING 3372 01:54:23,389 --> 01:54:25,325 US TOGETHER TO DO A REPORT I 3373 01:54:25,325 --> 01:54:28,928 THIS REMINDS ME OF SUMMER LAST 3374 01:54:28,928 --> 01:54:30,163 SUMMERS THAT WE DIDN'T. I'M 3375 01:54:30,163 --> 01:54:31,698 NOT SURE WE. MAYOR'S OFFICE DID 3376 01:54:31,698 --> 01:54:32,565 THIS SUMMER AND MAYBE THEY DID. 3377 01:54:32,565 --> 01:54:34,901 SO I'M NOT MEANING TO SAY THEY 3378 01:54:34,901 --> 01:54:37,237 DID NOT. I JUST HAD NOT HEARD 3379 01:54:37,237 --> 01:54:39,472 THE SUMMER OF SAFETY AT THE 3380 01:54:39,472 --> 01:54:40,473 PARKS AND THERE WERE VARIOUS 3381 01:54:40,473 --> 01:54:42,242 PARKS. IT REALLY WAS ALL THE 3382 01:54:42,242 --> 01:54:44,077 PARKS THAT HAD BOAT LAUNCHES 3383 01:54:44,077 --> 01:54:45,578 WERE HAVING THIS TYPE OF 3384 01:54:45,578 --> 01:54:47,347 ACTIVITY. SO I THINK ALL THE 3385 01:54:47,347 --> 01:54:49,215 PARKS WITH THE BOAT LAUNCHES 3386 01:54:49,215 --> 01:54:51,818 SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST, BECAUSE 3387 01:54:51,818 --> 01:54:53,586 THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE 3388 01:54:53,586 --> 01:54:55,188 BEEN PROBLEMATIC. I KNOW THAT 3389 01:54:55,188 --> 01:54:57,624 MAGNUSON PARK, AND I'M VERY 3390 01:54:57,624 --> 01:54:59,225 GRATEFUL TO FORMER CHIEF BARNES 3391 01:54:59,225 --> 01:54:59,792 FOR GIVING ATTENTION TO THE 3392 01:54:59,792 --> 01:55:00,860 PARK. IT'S THE ONLY PARK WHERE 3393 01:55:00,860 --> 01:55:02,695 PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY LIVING AT 3394 01:55:02,695 --> 01:55:04,430 THE PARK ARE LOW INCOME AND 3395 01:55:04,430 --> 01:55:05,832 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 3396 01:55:05,832 --> 01:55:07,267 FOLKS ARE LIVING THERE. BASED ON 3397 01:55:07,267 --> 01:55:10,203 THAT. AND, AND THE, THE SPD 3398 01:55:10,203 --> 01:55:15,575 DATA, THEY DID THAT. PUT THE 3399 01:55:15,575 --> 01:55:17,043 OFFICERS AT THE PARK. AND I KNOW 3400 01:55:17,043 --> 01:55:19,512 IT TOOK A REALLY LONG TIME. SO I 3401 01:55:19,512 --> 01:55:20,780 APPRECIATE IT'S HAPPENING IN 3402 01:55:20,780 --> 01:55:25,385 OTHER PLACES. I KNOW THAT GOLDEN 3403 01:55:25,385 --> 01:55:27,987 GARDENS AND ALKI HAVE HAD HAD 3404 01:55:27,987 --> 01:55:31,424 HAD RECEIVED ATTENTION BEFORE 3405 01:55:31,424 --> 01:55:32,892 MAGNUSON PARK BECAUSE THERE HAD 3406 01:55:32,892 --> 01:55:34,227 BEEN SUCH A PARTYING BOTH AT 3407 01:55:34,227 --> 01:55:36,429 GOLDEN GARDENS AND AT ALKI 3408 01:55:36,429 --> 01:55:38,398 THAT'S BEEN ON A SUMMER 3409 01:55:38,398 --> 01:55:40,400 ROTATION. AND THEN THAT GOT 3410 01:55:40,400 --> 01:55:41,935 EXPANDED LAST SUMMER TO ALL THE 3411 01:55:41,935 --> 01:55:43,603 PARKS WITH THE BOAT LAUNCHES AS 3412 01:55:43,603 --> 01:55:47,407 WELL. SO I, I THINK THAT THIS 3413 01:55:47,407 --> 01:55:48,408 REPORT PROBABLY TO, YOU KNOW, 3414 01:55:48,408 --> 01:55:51,210 REQUEST OF SPR COULD BE ABOUT 3415 01:55:51,210 --> 01:55:53,947 ALL THE PARKS AT THE CITY 3416 01:55:53,947 --> 01:55:55,715 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE. AND THEN IN 3417 01:55:55,715 --> 01:55:57,684 THE ID, I MEAN, LIKE, THERE'S 3418 01:55:57,684 --> 01:55:59,085 SO MANY PARKS THAT HAVE HAD 3419 01:55:59,085 --> 01:56:01,854 ISSUES THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES, 3420 01:56:01,854 --> 01:56:02,488 EXPERIENCING ISSUES AT DIFFERENT 3421 01:56:02,488 --> 01:56:04,390 TIMES, IF NOT ONGOING. AND IT IS 3422 01:56:04,390 --> 01:56:08,227 A REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, TO DO 3423 01:56:08,227 --> 01:56:08,861 ASSESSMENTS OF THESE PARKS AND 3424 01:56:08,861 --> 01:56:12,065 HOW WE CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY 3425 01:56:12,065 --> 01:56:14,100 AT THE PARKS, WORKING WITH THE 3426 01:56:14,100 --> 01:56:17,170 PARK RANGERS THAT WERE PARK 3427 01:56:17,170 --> 01:56:18,638 RANGERS HAD MORE STAFFING ADDED 3428 01:56:18,638 --> 01:56:20,039 TO THEM BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES 3429 01:56:20,039 --> 01:56:21,274 AT THE PARK. ALL OF THAT IS 3430 01:56:21,274 --> 01:56:24,010 REALLY IMPORTANT. SO ALL THAT TO 3431 01:56:24,010 --> 01:56:25,979 SAY, PROBABLY THIS COULD BE MUCH 3432 01:56:25,979 --> 01:56:27,480 EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MANY OF THE 3433 01:56:27,480 --> 01:56:31,250 OTHER PARKS ACROSS THE CITY. AND 3434 01:56:31,250 --> 01:56:33,119 -- I WOULD NOTE THAT AYE. I 3435 01:56:33,119 --> 01:56:34,287 WOULD EXPAND THAT TO TO DO THIS, 3436 01:56:34,287 --> 01:56:37,056 BUT AYE. I CAN'T LIST OUT ALL 3437 01:56:37,056 --> 01:56:37,990 THE PARTS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD 3438 01:56:37,990 --> 01:56:40,360 RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME 3439 01:56:40,360 --> 01:56:41,627 SOME OTHERS, NOT JUST IN MY 3440 01:56:41,627 --> 01:56:42,628 DISTRICT. I MEAN, GAS WORKS 3441 01:56:42,628 --> 01:56:46,632 PARK, FOR INSTANCE, IS ALSO 3442 01:56:46,632 --> 01:56:48,201 HAVING. BUT ANYWAY, JUST TO SAY, 3443 01:56:48,201 --> 01:56:50,370 I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR EXPANDING 3444 01:56:50,370 --> 01:56:51,704 THIS TO ALL THE PARKS, 3445 01:56:51,704 --> 01:56:54,207 ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH WITH 3446 01:56:54,207 --> 01:56:55,375 SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE BOAT 3447 01:56:55,375 --> 01:56:57,210 LAUNCH PARKS, BECAUSE I KNOW 3448 01:56:57,210 --> 01:56:58,745 THOSE HAVE EVEN MORE ISSUES. 3449 01:56:58,745 --> 01:57:01,948 THANK YOU. 3450 01:57:01,948 --> 01:57:03,249 -- THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE SOME 3451 01:57:03,249 --> 01:57:05,084 CHAIR REMARKS, WHICH IS 3452 01:57:05,084 --> 01:57:06,819 COLLEAGUES, WE ARE ALREADY OVER 3453 01:57:06,819 --> 01:57:09,455 OUR STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 3454 01:57:09,455 --> 01:57:10,523 INTENT LIMITS. WE DON'T HAVE 3455 01:57:10,523 --> 01:57:12,458 HARD LIMITS, BUT WE DO HAVE I 3456 01:57:12,458 --> 01:57:13,926 DID ASK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 3457 01:57:13,926 --> 01:57:15,328 YEAR OR BEGINNING OF THIS 3458 01:57:15,328 --> 01:57:16,629 PROCESS, EITHER DO BUDGET 3459 01:57:16,629 --> 01:57:19,232 AMENDMENTS OR DO SLIDES. DOING 3460 01:57:19,232 --> 01:57:21,567 BOTH IS REALLY HARD, SO WE WILL 3461 01:57:21,567 --> 01:57:22,201 HAVE SOME HARDER CONVERSATIONS 3462 01:57:22,201 --> 01:57:25,638 AT THE END OR AFTER THIS BUDGET 3463 01:57:25,638 --> 01:57:27,039 ABOUT WHAT INFORMATION ARE WE 3464 01:57:27,039 --> 01:57:29,042 REQUESTING? HOW MUCH DOES THAT 3465 01:57:29,042 --> 01:57:31,511 COST TO PROVIDE US THAT 3466 01:57:31,511 --> 01:57:32,145 INFORMATION THROUGH A STATEMENT 3467 01:57:32,145 --> 01:57:34,981 OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT? CAN THAT 3468 01:57:34,981 --> 01:57:35,581 INFORMATION BE PROVIDED IN A 3469 01:57:35,581 --> 01:57:39,385 DIFFERENT WAY? AND COUNCILMEMBER 3470 01:57:39,385 --> 01:57:40,686 LIN, I EVEN HAD COUNCILMEMBER 3471 01:57:40,686 --> 01:57:42,422 KETTLE JUST REMIND ME KERRY PARK 3472 01:57:42,422 --> 01:57:44,157 FALLS INTO THIS. ALL OF WHAT 3473 01:57:44,157 --> 01:57:45,825 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA JUST SAID 3474 01:57:45,825 --> 01:57:49,395 IS TRUE. AND WHAT I HEARD FROM 3475 01:57:49,395 --> 01:57:50,797 YOU IN OUR ORIGINAL CONVERSATION 3476 01:57:50,797 --> 01:57:52,899 IS REALLY ABOUT THE BOAT 3477 01:57:52,899 --> 01:57:55,034 LAUNCHES. AND THEN THEIR 3478 01:57:55,034 --> 01:57:55,635 SURROUNDING ENVIRONS. AND SO 3479 01:57:55,635 --> 01:57:57,270 WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS TAKE 3480 01:57:57,270 --> 01:57:58,704 THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE 3481 01:57:58,704 --> 01:57:59,839 RECEIVED IN THIS OPEN PUBLIC 3482 01:57:59,839 --> 01:58:01,507 MEETING, AND THEN I WILL CALL 3483 01:58:01,507 --> 01:58:03,109 YOU THIS WEEKEND TO SEE IF WE 3484 01:58:03,109 --> 01:58:04,310 MAKE A CHANGE IN THE CHAIR'S 3485 01:58:04,310 --> 01:58:07,346 PACKAGE, WHICH IS EASIER, OR IF 3486 01:58:07,346 --> 01:58:08,681 WE JUST BRING ANOTHER AMENDMENT 3487 01:58:08,681 --> 01:58:10,683 TO THE END, END OF THE PROCESS. 3488 01:58:10,683 --> 01:58:11,884 BUT I JUST I'M SAYING THIS ALL 3489 01:58:11,884 --> 01:58:13,820 OUT HERE TO BE COMPLETELY 3490 01:58:13,820 --> 01:58:14,487 TRANSPARENT AND LET YOU KNOW 3491 01:58:14,487 --> 01:58:15,621 THAT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT AND 3492 01:58:15,621 --> 01:58:17,323 WORK WITH YOU. 3493 01:58:17,323 --> 01:58:18,191 -- THANK THANK YOU. CAN I JUST 3494 01:58:18,191 --> 01:58:20,126 RESPOND? I DO THINK THE BOAT 3495 01:58:20,126 --> 01:58:21,627 LAUNCHES MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 3496 01:58:21,627 --> 01:58:22,862 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'LL 3497 01:58:22,862 --> 01:58:23,529 LEAVE IT THERE. 3498 01:58:23,529 --> 01:58:24,363 -- COOL. I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU 3499 01:58:24,363 --> 01:58:25,264 LAST WORD. IS THAT YOUR LAST 3500 01:58:25,264 --> 01:58:28,234 WORD? THAT'S YOUR LAST WORD. 3501 01:58:28,234 --> 01:58:28,968 BOAT LAUNCHES. WITH THAT, 3502 01:58:28,968 --> 01:58:31,204 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 3503 01:58:31,204 --> 01:58:32,271 CO-SPONSOR SPR 13 S AYE ONE, 3504 01:58:32,271 --> 01:58:34,540 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 3505 01:58:34,540 --> 01:58:37,109 TIME. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 3506 01:58:37,109 --> 01:58:40,346 RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 3507 01:58:40,346 --> 01:58:42,281 AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADDING 3508 01:58:42,281 --> 01:58:44,584 THEIR NAMES TO SPR 13 S AYE ONE. 3509 01:58:44,584 --> 01:58:47,453 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA KETTLE 3510 01:58:47,453 --> 01:58:47,720 AND SAKA. 3511 01:58:47,720 --> 01:58:50,623 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO SPR 3512 01:58:50,623 --> 01:58:53,059 14 AYE ONE. 3513 01:58:53,059 --> 01:58:56,062 -- SPR 14 AYE WOULD INCREASE 3514 01:58:56,062 --> 01:58:57,763 APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR BY 600,000 3515 01:58:57,763 --> 01:59:00,399 GENERAL FUND ONE TIME IN 2028 TO 3516 01:59:00,399 --> 01:59:01,734 SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 3517 01:59:01,734 --> 01:59:02,468 FUTURE PORTAL PARK AT THE CORNER 3518 01:59:02,468 --> 01:59:04,604 OF FIRST AVENUE AND BATTERY 3519 01:59:04,604 --> 01:59:08,140 STREET IN BELLTOWN. THIS ITEM IS 3520 01:59:08,140 --> 01:59:08,708 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 3521 01:59:08,708 --> 01:59:10,910 KETTLE AND IS CO-SPONSORED BY 3522 01:59:10,910 --> 01:59:12,111 COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH AND 3523 01:59:12,111 --> 01:59:12,345 RIVERA. 3524 01:59:12,345 --> 01:59:13,846 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3525 01:59:13,846 --> 01:59:14,380 KETTLE, A SPONSOR OF THE 3526 01:59:14,380 --> 01:59:16,549 PROPOSAL. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 3527 01:59:16,549 --> 01:59:19,318 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. WE JUST 3528 01:59:19,318 --> 01:59:21,053 RECENTLY HAD A MEETING IN 3529 01:59:21,053 --> 01:59:23,022 BELLTOWN FOUR PORTAL PARK WITH 3530 01:59:23,022 --> 01:59:24,724 PARKS. THEY HAD AN INFORMATION 3531 01:59:24,724 --> 01:59:25,224 SESSION THERE. AND THEN 3532 01:59:25,224 --> 01:59:27,693 FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAD A 3533 01:59:27,693 --> 01:59:29,295 COMMUNITY MEETING. SADLY, 3534 01:59:29,295 --> 01:59:31,964 BELLTOWN DOES NOT HAVE A GREEN 3535 01:59:31,964 --> 01:59:33,232 SPACE PARK AT ALL. IT DOES NOT 3536 01:59:33,232 --> 01:59:37,303 HAVE A GREEN SPACE PARK AT ALL. 3537 01:59:37,303 --> 01:59:40,606 THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND SO WE 3538 01:59:40,606 --> 01:59:42,041 HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE 3539 01:59:42,041 --> 01:59:43,276 THE COMING DOWN OF THE VIADUCT. 3540 01:59:43,276 --> 01:59:45,578 AND THEN AS IT ENTERS INTO WHAT 3541 01:59:45,578 --> 01:59:48,314 HAD ENTERED INTO THE BATTERY 3542 01:59:48,314 --> 01:59:49,715 STREET TUNNEL OF USING THAT 3543 01:59:49,715 --> 01:59:52,585 SLOPE TO CREATE A PARK, A GREEN 3544 01:59:52,585 --> 01:59:54,287 SPACE PARK FOR, FOR BELLTOWN. 3545 01:59:54,287 --> 01:59:55,721 AND WE'RE WORKING THAT WE'VE 3546 01:59:55,721 --> 01:59:56,923 BEEN WORKING THIS OVER THE LAST 3547 01:59:56,923 --> 01:59:58,324 NUMBER OF YEARS. WITH YOUR 3548 01:59:58,324 --> 01:59:59,525 SUPPORT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, 3549 01:59:59,525 --> 02:00:01,694 WE'VE FUNDED DIFFERENT SURVEYS 3550 02:00:01,694 --> 02:00:02,628 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH THE 3551 02:00:02,628 --> 02:00:04,497 VIADUCT, IT WAS A BROWN SITE. 3552 02:00:04,497 --> 02:00:07,767 THOSE HAVE COME BACK. I SPOKE 3553 02:00:07,767 --> 02:00:09,702 AND THEN THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY IN 3554 02:00:09,702 --> 02:00:11,571 THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF DOING 3555 02:00:11,571 --> 02:00:12,538 30% DESIGN, I TALKED TO THE 3556 02:00:12,538 --> 02:00:14,373 PERSON CONTRACTOR WITH US. 3557 02:00:14,373 --> 02:00:16,175 EVERYTHING IS TRACKING IN TERMS 3558 02:00:16,175 --> 02:00:17,843 OF WHAT SHE CAN DO, GIVEN THERE 3559 02:00:17,843 --> 02:00:20,680 ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS. BUT BUT 3560 02:00:20,680 --> 02:00:22,815 SHE CAN MOVE FORWARD THAT HER 3561 02:00:22,815 --> 02:00:23,849 FIRM CAN MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS 3562 02:00:23,849 --> 02:00:25,318 OF THE DESIGN OF THIS PARK. AND 3563 02:00:25,318 --> 02:00:27,453 THE KEY THING HERE IS TO, AS I 3564 02:00:27,453 --> 02:00:29,689 ALWAYS SAY, NOTHING BUILDS 3565 02:00:29,689 --> 02:00:30,289 MOMENTUM LIKE MOMENTUM IS TO 3566 02:00:30,289 --> 02:00:33,125 KEEP THE MOMENTUM COMING BECAUSE 3567 02:00:33,125 --> 02:00:34,160 AND TO KEEP IT IN SYNC FOR THE 3568 02:00:34,160 --> 02:00:35,995 NEXT ROUND OF THE PARKS 3569 02:00:35,995 --> 02:00:38,097 DISTRICT. AS I TELL COMMUNITY 3570 02:00:38,097 --> 02:00:39,198 MEMBERS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO 3571 02:00:39,198 --> 02:00:40,533 KEEP, YOU KNOW, GET INTO THE 3572 02:00:40,533 --> 02:00:41,867 CONVEYOR BELT AS IT MOVES 3573 02:00:41,867 --> 02:00:43,803 THROUGH THE YEARS OF THE OF THE 3574 02:00:43,803 --> 02:00:46,172 LEVY AND TO GET IT ON THERE, GET 3575 02:00:46,172 --> 02:00:47,707 IT ON THE CONVEYOR BELT TO MOVE 3576 02:00:47,707 --> 02:00:49,675 FORWARD. AND WHAT THIS DOES AND 3577 02:00:49,675 --> 02:00:52,311 THIS IS, BY THE WAY, NOT 27, 3578 02:00:52,311 --> 02:00:54,714 IT'S $28, IS TO ENSURE THAT 3579 02:00:54,714 --> 02:00:57,250 THAT SCALING UP FROM THE 30% 3580 02:00:57,250 --> 02:00:57,917 DESIGN IS SCALED UP TO COMPLETE 3581 02:00:57,917 --> 02:01:00,886 THE DESIGN. SO THEN IT CAN GO 3582 02:01:00,886 --> 02:01:03,389 INTO, INTO THE QUEUE, IF YOU 3583 02:01:03,389 --> 02:01:04,457 WILL, ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT, 3584 02:01:04,457 --> 02:01:07,226 WHICH I LIKE TO SAY, AND TO 3585 02:01:07,226 --> 02:01:08,094 ENSURE THAT IT'S DONE. BECAUSE 3586 02:01:08,094 --> 02:01:10,096 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED A 3587 02:01:10,096 --> 02:01:13,599 PARK FOR BELLTOWN LONG OVERDUE. 3588 02:01:13,599 --> 02:01:15,468 AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY. SO 3589 02:01:15,468 --> 02:01:17,003 THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 3590 02:01:17,003 --> 02:01:19,138 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3591 02:01:19,138 --> 02:01:20,273 KETTLE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3592 02:01:20,273 --> 02:01:21,407 ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING TO ADD. 3593 02:01:21,407 --> 02:01:24,010 COLLEAGUES. ANY FURTHER 3594 02:01:24,010 --> 02:01:24,543 DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER 3595 02:01:24,543 --> 02:01:25,311 RIVERA. 3596 02:01:25,311 --> 02:01:26,345 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 3597 02:01:26,345 --> 02:01:27,847 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I KNOW YOU 3598 02:01:27,847 --> 02:01:31,717 ARE VERY, YOU KNOW, WATCHING OUT 3599 02:01:31,717 --> 02:01:32,985 FOR YOUR BELLTOWN RESIDENTS AND 3600 02:01:32,985 --> 02:01:33,986 IT'S IMPORTANT. OBVIOUSLY, THIS 3601 02:01:33,986 --> 02:01:35,521 IS A BIG TICKET ITEM. SO I 3602 02:01:35,521 --> 02:01:37,857 WANTED TO SUPPORT YOU. AT THE 3603 02:01:37,857 --> 02:01:39,892 SAME TIME, I'M NOT SURE WHERE 3604 02:01:39,892 --> 02:01:41,894 THIS IS GOING TO LAND, BUT 3605 02:01:41,894 --> 02:01:43,629 AGAIN, AS WITH THE OTHER THINGS 3606 02:01:43,629 --> 02:01:44,997 I'VE SAID ABOUT SOME OF THE 3607 02:01:44,997 --> 02:01:46,832 OTHER THINGS I'VE SUPPORTED, I 3608 02:01:46,832 --> 02:01:48,701 SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING CONCEPT. 3609 02:01:48,701 --> 02:01:50,136 AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS 3610 02:01:50,136 --> 02:01:52,705 ALL LANDS. BUT THANK YOU. WE DO 3611 02:01:52,705 --> 02:01:54,173 NEED MORE GREEN SPACES ACROSS 3612 02:01:54,173 --> 02:01:55,741 THE CITY. THAT IS TRUE. THANK 3613 02:01:55,741 --> 02:01:56,642 YOU. 3614 02:01:56,642 --> 02:01:59,345 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY 3615 02:01:59,345 --> 02:02:02,515 FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER 3616 02:02:02,515 --> 02:02:07,086 DISCUSSION? IT WAS EIGHT YEARS. 3617 02:02:07,086 --> 02:02:09,155 11 MONTHS. AND ONE DAY AGO THAT 3618 02:02:09,155 --> 02:02:11,223 I STARTED WORKING IN CITY HALL, 3619 02:02:11,223 --> 02:02:15,728 AND I WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF 3620 02:02:15,728 --> 02:02:16,829 ADDRESSING BATTERY TUNNEL AND 3621 02:02:16,829 --> 02:02:19,498 PORTAL, WHAT WOULD BECOME PORTAL 3622 02:02:19,498 --> 02:02:22,168 PARK. AND I CAN RECALL SO 3623 02:02:22,168 --> 02:02:27,073 VIVIDLY TOM GRAF SAYING, IF WE 3624 02:02:27,073 --> 02:02:28,874 DON'T DO ANYTHING NOW, THIS IS 3625 02:02:28,874 --> 02:02:31,844 JUST GOING TO BE A FENCED LOT OF 3626 02:02:31,844 --> 02:02:36,048 GRASS FOR THE NEXT DECADE. AND 3627 02:02:36,048 --> 02:02:37,316 BOY, DID SALLY BAGSHAW AND I TRY 3628 02:02:37,316 --> 02:02:38,784 TO PUSH THAT BOULDER UP THE 3629 02:02:38,784 --> 02:02:39,852 HILL. BUT NONETHELESS, THE 3630 02:02:39,852 --> 02:02:42,054 TUNNEL WAS FILLED AND IT WAS 3631 02:02:42,054 --> 02:02:44,290 HYDRO SEEDED. AND TOM GRAF, I 3632 02:02:44,290 --> 02:02:46,625 WISH YOU WEREN'T RIGHT. BUT 3633 02:02:46,625 --> 02:02:48,194 HERE WE ARE. AND THANKS TO 3634 02:02:48,194 --> 02:02:49,261 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WE'RE 3635 02:02:49,261 --> 02:02:51,197 GOING TO MOVE SOME THINGS 3636 02:02:51,197 --> 02:02:51,764 FORWARD TODAY. WITH THAT, 3637 02:02:51,764 --> 02:02:53,332 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD 3638 02:02:53,332 --> 02:02:55,768 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ANY LAST 3639 02:02:55,768 --> 02:02:56,001 WORDS., 3640 02:02:56,001 --> 02:02:57,103 -- YOU ACTUALLY RAISED A GOOD 3641 02:02:57,103 --> 02:02:59,939 POINT. I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS 3642 02:02:59,939 --> 02:03:01,741 THE SAME EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S 3643 02:03:01,741 --> 02:03:03,409 INCREDIBLE. ACROSS THE VARIOUS 3644 02:03:03,409 --> 02:03:04,510 NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY DISTRICT, 3645 02:03:04,510 --> 02:03:07,580 THE PEOPLE THAT STAND UP AND TO 3646 02:03:07,580 --> 02:03:08,647 MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. AND TOM GRAF 3647 02:03:08,647 --> 02:03:11,250 IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. AND I AM 3648 02:03:11,250 --> 02:03:12,718 VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THEM. I 3649 02:03:12,718 --> 02:03:14,553 CAN GIVE YOU A LONG LIST RIGHT 3650 02:03:14,553 --> 02:03:15,254 NOW OF PEOPLE THAT I INTERACT 3651 02:03:15,254 --> 02:03:17,289 WITH, WHO STEP UP AND CONTRIBUTE 3652 02:03:17,289 --> 02:03:19,525 TO COMMUNITY. AND TOM GRAF IS 3653 02:03:19,525 --> 02:03:23,529 ONE OF THEM. SO YOU'RE CATCHING 3654 02:03:23,529 --> 02:03:24,663 ME BY SURPRISE BECAUSE I YOU 3655 02:03:24,663 --> 02:03:26,265 KNOW, BECAUSE HERE WE ARE. IT'S 3656 02:03:26,265 --> 02:03:27,466 GREEN. IT'S GOT A FENCE AROUND 3657 02:03:27,466 --> 02:03:29,168 IT, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. 3658 02:03:29,168 --> 02:03:30,603 SO THANK YOU CHAIR. 3659 02:03:30,603 --> 02:03:31,103 -- YEAH. WITH URGENCY. 3660 02:03:31,103 --> 02:03:31,837 -- WITH URGENCY. 3661 02:03:31,837 --> 02:03:34,140 -- THANK YOU. WITH VIGOR. WITH 3662 02:03:34,140 --> 02:03:37,810 THAT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 3663 02:03:37,810 --> 02:03:39,412 CO-SPONSOR SPR 14 A ONE, PLEASE 3664 02:03:39,412 --> 02:03:43,916 ADD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 3665 02:03:43,916 --> 02:03:48,320 THIS TIME. WE HAVE 3666 02:03:48,320 --> 02:03:50,456 COUNCILMEMBERS, RINCK AND 3667 02:03:50,456 --> 02:03:50,723 STRAUSS. 3668 02:03:50,723 --> 02:03:54,160 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, RINCK AND 3669 02:03:54,160 --> 02:03:54,426 STRAUSS. 3670 02:03:54,426 --> 02:03:55,060 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 3671 02:03:55,060 --> 02:03:59,064 MOVE ON TO SPR 15, A ONE. 3672 02:03:59,064 --> 02:04:01,767 -- SPR 15 A WOULD INCREASE 3673 02:04:01,767 --> 02:04:04,270 APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR BY 150,000 3674 02:04:04,270 --> 02:04:06,839 GENERAL FUND ONE TIME IN 2027 3675 02:04:06,839 --> 02:04:08,841 FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND 3676 02:04:08,841 --> 02:04:11,377 INSTALLATION OF AN ADAPTIVE 3677 02:04:11,377 --> 02:04:13,045 KAYAK LAUNCH AT GREEN LAKE. THIS 3678 02:04:13,045 --> 02:04:15,247 ITEM IS SPONSORED BY 3679 02:04:15,247 --> 02:04:15,848 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND IS 3680 02:04:15,848 --> 02:04:17,650 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 3681 02:04:17,650 --> 02:04:20,352 RINCK AND FOSTER. 3682 02:04:20,352 --> 02:04:21,720 -- THANK YOU AS SPONSOR THIS 3683 02:04:21,720 --> 02:04:23,556 PROPOSAL, I'LL SPEAK TO IT. 3684 02:04:23,556 --> 02:04:24,557 THIS IS A CONSTITUENT REQUESTED 3685 02:04:24,557 --> 02:04:27,359 ITEM COMING FROM SOMEBODY WHO 3686 02:04:27,359 --> 02:04:30,129 USES ADAPTIVE KAYAKS. I WANT TO 3687 02:04:30,129 --> 02:04:32,198 HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE NOT 3688 02:04:32,198 --> 02:04:34,200 MANY SAFE PLACES TO KAYAK IN OUR 3689 02:04:34,200 --> 02:04:36,268 CITY. IF YOU ARE NOT WELL 3690 02:04:36,268 --> 02:04:38,003 EXPERIENCED. LAKE UNION IS 3691 02:04:38,003 --> 02:04:40,206 DANGEROUS. SHIP CANAL IS 3692 02:04:40,206 --> 02:04:42,174 DANGEROUS. PUGET SOUND IS EVEN 3693 02:04:42,174 --> 02:04:44,043 MORE DANGEROUS. YES, PEOPLE DO 3694 02:04:44,043 --> 02:04:45,244 IT, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT 3695 02:04:45,244 --> 02:04:47,680 IT IS EASY AND IT IS SAFE. WHEN 3696 02:04:47,680 --> 02:04:50,382 I LOOK BACK IN MY DAY, IT USED 3697 02:04:50,382 --> 02:04:52,718 TO BE THAT THE PUBLIC COULD USE 3698 02:04:52,718 --> 02:04:54,787 THE DOCKS AT THE UW AQUATICS 3699 02:04:54,787 --> 02:04:55,921 AQUATIC CENTER RIGHT THERE BY 3700 02:04:55,921 --> 02:04:57,957 HUSKY STADIUM, GIVING PEOPLE 3701 02:04:57,957 --> 02:04:59,725 ACCESS INTO THE INTO THE 3702 02:04:59,725 --> 02:05:02,561 ARBORETUM, WHERE IT IS A SAFE 3703 02:05:02,561 --> 02:05:03,829 PLACE TO KAYAK. THAT PUBLIC 3704 02:05:03,829 --> 02:05:06,232 ACCESS IS NO LONGER ALLOWED AT 3705 02:05:06,232 --> 02:05:07,867 UW. AND WHEN. 520 BRIDGE WENT 3706 02:05:07,867 --> 02:05:11,770 IN, IT ALSO TORE UP THE OLD MOAI 3707 02:05:11,770 --> 02:05:15,674 THAT HAD SAFE ACCESS FOR BOAT 3708 02:05:15,674 --> 02:05:17,576 LAUNCH FOR HANDCRAFT LAUNCH, 3709 02:05:17,576 --> 02:05:19,211 WHICH AGAIN, NO LONGER EXISTS 3710 02:05:19,211 --> 02:05:20,613 TODAY. SO WHEN I LOOK AROUND THE 3711 02:05:20,613 --> 02:05:22,548 CITY FOR A PLACE THAT SOMEBODY 3712 02:05:22,548 --> 02:05:26,552 MAY NEED CONSTANTLY CALM WATERS, 3713 02:05:26,552 --> 02:05:28,287 NOT SOMETIMES CALM WATERS, BUT 3714 02:05:28,287 --> 02:05:34,226 EVERY TIME CALM WATERS GREEN 3715 02:05:34,226 --> 02:05:35,661 LAKE HALLER LAKE. THOSE ARE THE 3716 02:05:35,661 --> 02:05:36,896 THOSE ARE ABOUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. 3717 02:05:36,896 --> 02:05:38,364 IF YOU CAN GET INTO THE 3718 02:05:38,364 --> 02:05:39,999 ARBORETUM, THERE'S THERE'S CALM 3719 02:05:39,999 --> 02:05:42,134 SPACE IN THERE, BUT THAT'S 3720 02:05:42,134 --> 02:05:44,703 ABOUT IT. AND SO WHETHER YOU 3721 02:05:44,703 --> 02:05:46,538 KNOW, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING 3722 02:05:46,538 --> 02:05:48,574 TO PUT FORWARD AT THIS TIME 3723 02:05:48,574 --> 02:05:50,309 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN REQUESTED BY 3724 02:05:50,309 --> 02:05:52,811 THE COMMUNITY. AND JUST AS I WAS 3725 02:05:52,811 --> 02:05:54,480 REFLECTING ON THEIR REQUEST, ALL 3726 02:05:54,480 --> 02:05:56,215 OF THE PLACES THAT USED TO BE 3727 02:05:56,215 --> 02:06:02,521 ACCESSIBLE ARE NO LONGER COUNCIL 3728 02:06:02,521 --> 02:06:03,155 PRESIDENT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 3729 02:06:03,155 --> 02:06:04,657 ANYTHING TO ADD? SINCE THIS IS 3730 02:06:04,657 --> 02:06:05,824 YOUR COMMITTEE? NOT AT THIS 3731 02:06:05,824 --> 02:06:11,096 TIME. COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS? 3732 02:06:11,096 --> 02:06:11,730 COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3733 02:06:11,730 --> 02:06:15,501 OLD HAND COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION. 3734 02:06:15,501 --> 02:06:17,970 DISCUSSION. GOING TO CALL FOR 3735 02:06:17,970 --> 02:06:19,305 CO-SPONSORS AT THIS TIME. IF YOU 3736 02:06:19,305 --> 02:06:25,678 WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR. SPR 15, 3737 02:06:25,678 --> 02:06:27,780 AYE ONE GOT COUNCIL. 3738 02:06:27,780 --> 02:06:29,515 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. 3739 02:06:29,515 --> 02:06:31,417 KETTLE. RIVERA AND LIN FOR THE 3740 02:06:31,417 --> 02:06:33,152 ADAPTIVE KAYAKS. 3741 02:06:33,152 --> 02:06:33,586 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. 3742 02:06:33,586 --> 02:06:35,187 HOLLINGSWORTH. KETTLE. RIVERA 3743 02:06:35,187 --> 02:06:35,454 AND LIN. 3744 02:06:35,454 --> 02:06:41,360 -- THANK YOU. AND MOVING ON TO 3745 02:06:41,360 --> 02:06:45,497 SPR 16, AYE ONE. 3746 02:06:45,497 --> 02:06:48,701 -- SPR 16 AYE WOULD INCREASE 3747 02:06:48,701 --> 02:06:50,636 APPROPRIATIONS TO SPR BY 300,000 3748 02:06:50,636 --> 02:06:52,905 GENERAL FUND ONE TIME IN 2028 3749 02:06:52,905 --> 02:06:55,040 FOR A SKATE DOT AT WEST MAGNOLIA 3750 02:06:55,040 --> 02:06:56,475 PLAYFIELD PLAYGROUND. THIS ITEM 3751 02:06:56,475 --> 02:06:58,877 IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 3752 02:06:58,877 --> 02:07:00,212 STRAUSS AND IS CO-SPONSORED BY 3753 02:07:00,212 --> 02:07:02,348 COUNCILMEMBERS. LIN AND KETTLE. 3754 02:07:02,348 --> 02:07:03,515 -- THANK YOU. SPONSOR THIS 3755 02:07:03,515 --> 02:07:05,451 AMENDMENT. I'LL SPEAK TO IT. 3756 02:07:05,451 --> 02:07:08,053 WHICH IS THIS IS LEVERAGING 3757 02:07:08,053 --> 02:07:08,587 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND 3758 02:07:08,587 --> 02:07:10,022 COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING. THEY'VE 3759 02:07:10,022 --> 02:07:10,656 ALREADY DONE ALL THE FUNDRAISING 3760 02:07:10,656 --> 02:07:13,125 FOR THE FOR THE DESIGN WORK THEY 3761 02:07:13,125 --> 02:07:13,792 ARE ENGAGED IN DOING THE 3762 02:07:13,792 --> 02:07:16,261 FUNDRAISING FOR CAPITAL 3763 02:07:16,261 --> 02:07:18,497 CONSTRUCTION. BUT THE REALLY 3764 02:07:18,497 --> 02:07:19,999 CRITICAL PART IS THAT WHEN THE 3765 02:07:19,999 --> 02:07:21,700 PLAYGROUND IS REBUILT, THE SKATE 3766 02:07:21,700 --> 02:07:22,701 DOT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN AT THE 3767 02:07:22,701 --> 02:07:25,704 SAME TIME. OTHERWISE, WE'RE 3768 02:07:25,704 --> 02:07:27,673 MOVING DIRT TWICE, OR WE ARE 3769 02:07:27,673 --> 02:07:28,907 SPENDING TAX DOLLARS 3770 02:07:28,907 --> 02:07:30,809 INEFFICIENTLY. AND SO THIS IS 3771 02:07:30,809 --> 02:07:33,078 REALLY A MARKER TO SAY THAT WE 3772 02:07:33,078 --> 02:07:36,815 NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 3773 02:07:36,815 --> 02:07:37,983 IT ISN'T UNTIL 2028, BECAUSE 3774 02:07:37,983 --> 02:07:38,984 THAT'S WHEN THE PLAYGROUND 3775 02:07:38,984 --> 02:07:41,286 WOULD BE BUILT. SO THIS IS 3776 02:07:41,286 --> 02:07:43,589 ECONOMIES OF SCALE DOING 3777 02:07:43,589 --> 02:07:44,189 MULTIPLE PROJECTS AT THE SAME 3778 02:07:44,189 --> 02:07:46,458 TIME. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T 3779 02:07:46,458 --> 02:07:49,528 SKATEBOARD, A SKATE PARK IS A 3780 02:07:49,528 --> 02:07:51,063 LARGE SPACE ABOUT THE SIZE OF 3781 02:07:51,063 --> 02:07:53,365 THIS ROOM. A SKATE DOT IS 3782 02:07:53,365 --> 02:07:56,001 PROBABLY ABOUT THE SIZE OF, YOU 3783 02:07:56,001 --> 02:07:57,670 KNOW, FROM THIS LITTLE BLUE 3784 02:07:57,670 --> 02:07:59,038 FENCE OVER HERE, OVER TO OUR 3785 02:07:59,038 --> 02:08:01,807 DESKS. SO SKATE DOT IS ABOUT AS 3786 02:08:01,807 --> 02:08:03,676 SMALL OF A SPACE AS YOU CAN GET, 3787 02:08:03,676 --> 02:08:05,144 WHEREAS A SKATE PARK IS MUCH 3788 02:08:05,144 --> 02:08:09,782 LARGER. WITH THAT, IF THERE IS 3789 02:08:09,782 --> 02:08:10,416 DISCUSSION, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER 3790 02:08:10,416 --> 02:08:11,283 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ANYTHING TO 3791 02:08:11,283 --> 02:08:12,885 ADD YOUR DEPARTMENT? NO. 3792 02:08:12,885 --> 02:08:14,953 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE OLD HAND 3793 02:08:14,953 --> 02:08:17,489 COLLEAGUES DISCUSSION SEEING NO 3794 02:08:17,489 --> 02:08:19,124 FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF YOU'D 3795 02:08:19,124 --> 02:08:20,292 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SPR 16 A ONE, 3796 02:08:20,292 --> 02:08:21,894 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 3797 02:08:21,894 --> 02:08:27,299 TIME COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADDING 3798 02:08:27,299 --> 02:08:28,934 HIS NAME. 3799 02:08:28,934 --> 02:08:29,535 -- ADDING COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3800 02:08:29,535 --> 02:08:32,604 -- THANK YOU. SPR 17. AYE 117. 3801 02:08:32,604 --> 02:08:35,274 -- AYE ONE WOULD INCREASE SPR BY 3802 02:08:35,274 --> 02:08:37,643 $50,000. GENERAL FUND 2027 ONE 3803 02:08:37,643 --> 02:08:39,812 TIME FOR RENOVATIONS AT 3804 02:08:39,812 --> 02:08:41,146 WASHINGTON PARK, WHICH IS 3805 02:08:41,146 --> 02:08:42,781 LOCATED IN MANY CORNERS OF THE 3806 02:08:42,781 --> 02:08:45,417 ARBORETUM. IT IS SPONSORED BY 3807 02:08:45,417 --> 02:08:46,051 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH WITH 3808 02:08:46,051 --> 02:08:48,353 CO-SPONSORS. COUNCILMEMBER 3809 02:08:48,353 --> 02:08:51,190 JUAREZ AND KETTLE. 3810 02:08:51,190 --> 02:08:51,757 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 3811 02:08:51,757 --> 02:08:52,357 HOLLINGSWORTH SPONSOR OF THE 3812 02:08:52,357 --> 02:08:54,860 AMENDMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 3813 02:08:54,860 --> 02:08:55,427 PROPOSAL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3814 02:08:55,427 --> 02:08:56,729 HOLLINGSWORTH AS SPONSOR OF THE 3815 02:08:56,729 --> 02:08:58,163 PROPOSAL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 3816 02:08:58,163 --> 02:08:58,964 -- THANK YOU CHAIR, AND I WANT 3817 02:08:58,964 --> 02:08:59,598 TO APOLOGIZE. I KNOW I WAS OUT 3818 02:08:59,598 --> 02:09:04,036 OF ORDER THE OTHER COUPLE OUT AN 3819 02:09:04,036 --> 02:09:06,038 HOUR AGO, AND I WANT TO 3820 02:09:06,038 --> 02:09:08,874 APOLOGIZE. CHAIR, MAKING SURE 3821 02:09:08,874 --> 02:09:10,976 I'M IN ORDER. THE. THANK YOU. 3822 02:09:10,976 --> 02:09:14,046 SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3823 02:09:14,046 --> 02:09:16,448 JUAREZ AND KETTLE COLLEAGUES. 3824 02:09:16,448 --> 02:09:18,951 WASHINGTON PARK IS 230 ACRES OF 3825 02:09:18,951 --> 02:09:21,286 PUBLIC ARBORETUM JOINTLY MANAGED 3826 02:09:21,286 --> 02:09:23,689 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 3827 02:09:23,689 --> 02:09:25,324 BOTANICAL GARDENS AND THE CITY 3828 02:09:25,324 --> 02:09:26,825 OF SEATTLE. AND OBVIOUSLY 3829 02:09:26,825 --> 02:09:28,460 EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT'S OPEN 3830 02:09:28,460 --> 02:09:29,595 DAILY AND FREE TO ACCESS THE 3831 02:09:29,595 --> 02:09:31,563 TRAILS, GARDENS, WETLANDS, PLANT 3832 02:09:31,563 --> 02:09:35,000 COLLECTIONS YEAR ROUND, 3833 02:09:35,000 --> 02:09:36,034 APPROXIMATELY OVER 750,000 3834 02:09:36,034 --> 02:09:37,236 VISITORS. EVEN THOUGH THE PARK 3835 02:09:37,236 --> 02:09:37,936 DOESN'T HAVE BORDERS, SO IT'S 3836 02:09:37,936 --> 02:09:39,605 HARD TO DO AN EXACT COUNT. BUT 3837 02:09:39,605 --> 02:09:41,774 THERE'S MORE THAN 100,000 3838 02:09:41,774 --> 02:09:43,275 ANNUAL VISITORS TO ALSO THE HOME 3839 02:09:43,275 --> 02:09:46,278 OF THE SEATTLE JAPANESE GARDEN. 3840 02:09:46,278 --> 02:09:47,045 THIS FUNDING WOULD GO TO SUPPORT 3841 02:09:47,045 --> 02:09:49,181 THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD GO TO 3842 02:09:49,181 --> 02:09:53,519 FUND TO SUPPORT ACTIVATION AT 3843 02:09:53,519 --> 02:09:55,687 WASHINGTON PARK TO BRING MORE 3844 02:09:55,687 --> 02:09:58,724 TYPE OF ACTIVITY TO THE AREA 3845 02:09:58,724 --> 02:10:01,693 FOR. FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. 3846 02:10:01,693 --> 02:10:03,128 SO WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT ON 3847 02:10:03,128 --> 02:10:05,130 THIS. THIS WAS A REQUEST BY THE 3848 02:10:05,130 --> 02:10:05,931 NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY'VE BEEN 3849 02:10:05,931 --> 02:10:07,432 DOING A LOT OF CLEANUP IN THE 3850 02:10:07,432 --> 02:10:09,268 AREA AND WANT JUST MORE 3851 02:10:09,268 --> 02:10:10,335 ACTIVATION WITHIN THE PARK. AND 3852 02:10:10,335 --> 02:10:11,403 THAT COULD BE A NUMBER OF 3853 02:10:11,403 --> 02:10:12,638 DIFFERENT THINGS. IT COULD BE 3854 02:10:12,638 --> 02:10:14,973 MUSIC, IT COULD BE FESTIVALS, IT 3855 02:10:14,973 --> 02:10:17,109 COULD BE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT 3856 02:10:17,109 --> 02:10:19,011 THINGS LIKE WE'VE SEEN AT SEVEN 3857 02:10:19,011 --> 02:10:20,546 HILLS PARK WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO 3858 02:10:20,546 --> 02:10:22,047 ALLOCATE FUNDING. THEY HAVE DONE 3859 02:10:22,047 --> 02:10:23,715 AT SEVEN HILLS PARK TO ACTIVATE 3860 02:10:23,715 --> 02:10:26,485 IT. THEY HAVE DONE WALKS, THEY 3861 02:10:26,485 --> 02:10:28,887 HAVE DONE YOGA, THEY HAVE DONE 3862 02:10:28,887 --> 02:10:29,922 MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE PARK AND 3863 02:10:29,922 --> 02:10:31,323 MUSIC. SO THEY'VE ACTIVATED 3864 02:10:31,323 --> 02:10:32,090 THAT SPACE AND WOULD LOVE TO DO 3865 02:10:32,090 --> 02:10:33,625 THE SAME AT WASHINGTON PARK AND 3866 02:10:33,625 --> 02:10:34,827 WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK 3867 02:10:34,827 --> 02:10:35,761 YOU COLLEAGUES. 3868 02:10:35,761 --> 02:10:38,063 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3869 02:10:38,063 --> 02:10:38,797 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3870 02:10:38,797 --> 02:10:39,865 ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING AT THIS 3871 02:10:39,865 --> 02:10:41,533 TIME, COLLEAGUES. ANY 3872 02:10:41,533 --> 02:10:45,204 CONVERSATION? DISCUSSION, ANY 3873 02:10:45,204 --> 02:10:47,406 FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY FINAL 3874 02:10:47,406 --> 02:10:49,474 DISCUSSION? SEEING. NO FINAL 3875 02:10:49,474 --> 02:10:51,844 DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 3876 02:10:51,844 --> 02:10:52,978 CO-SPONSOR SPR 1781, PLEASE 3877 02:10:52,978 --> 02:10:56,415 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. 3878 02:10:56,415 --> 02:11:00,652 I'M SEEING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 3879 02:11:00,652 --> 02:11:02,888 ADDING HER NAME TO SPR 3880 02:11:02,888 --> 02:11:04,289 -- 1781 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3881 02:11:04,289 --> 02:11:08,360 -- THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 3882 02:11:08,360 --> 02:11:10,929 SPR 1881. 3883 02:11:10,929 --> 02:11:11,563 -- SPR 1881 WOULD INCREASE SPR 3884 02:11:11,563 --> 02:11:14,399 BY $200,000 GENERAL FUND IN 3885 02:11:14,399 --> 02:11:16,068 2027. THIS IS A ONE TIME 3886 02:11:16,068 --> 02:11:17,569 APPROPRIATION FOR A PROGRAM THAT 3887 02:11:17,569 --> 02:11:19,338 PROVIDES OUTDOOR LEARNING, 3888 02:11:19,338 --> 02:11:21,240 AGRICULTURE AND NATURE BASED 3889 02:11:21,240 --> 02:11:22,908 RECREATION FOR HISTORICALLY 3890 02:11:22,908 --> 02:11:24,810 UNDERSERVED YOUTH. THIS IS 3891 02:11:24,810 --> 02:11:25,377 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 3892 02:11:25,377 --> 02:11:26,445 HOLLINGSWORTH WITH CO-SPONSORS 3893 02:11:26,445 --> 02:11:27,846 COUNCILMEMBERS, JUAREZ AND SAKA. 3894 02:11:27,846 --> 02:11:28,847 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3895 02:11:28,847 --> 02:11:29,781 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 3896 02:11:29,781 --> 02:11:30,849 -- THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. 3897 02:11:30,849 --> 02:11:32,251 INTERESTING FACT. RED BARN RANCH 3898 02:11:32,251 --> 02:11:36,255 IS CITY OWNED, BUT IT'S IN OUR 3899 02:11:36,255 --> 02:11:39,258 R AUBURN AUBURN R AUBURN AUBURN 3900 02:11:39,258 --> 02:11:41,026 AUBURN. I KNOW, I KNOW, IT'S NOT 3901 02:11:41,026 --> 02:11:45,831 OKAY. AUBURN. AND ALSO IT WAS 3902 02:11:45,831 --> 02:11:48,467 GIFTED TO THE CITY BY ELGIN 3903 02:11:48,467 --> 02:11:51,203 BAYLOR, SEATTLE UNIVERSITY. 3904 02:11:51,203 --> 02:11:53,438 PHENOMENAL ATHLETE AND RED RANCH 3905 02:11:53,438 --> 02:11:55,274 IS CITY OWNED OUTDOOR RECREATION 3906 02:11:55,274 --> 02:11:57,542 PROPERTY THAT CONNECTS SEATTLE 3907 02:11:57,542 --> 02:12:00,279 AND SOUTH KING COUNTY YOUTH WITH 3908 02:12:00,279 --> 02:12:00,912 NATURE THROUGH OUTDOOR LEARNING 3909 02:12:00,912 --> 02:12:02,281 AND SKILL BUILDING. SOME OF US 3910 02:12:02,281 --> 02:12:03,048 HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, WHICH IS 3911 02:12:03,048 --> 02:12:03,882 GREAT. I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE 3912 02:12:03,882 --> 02:12:07,319 BEEN ON THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS, 3913 02:12:07,319 --> 02:12:08,654 BUFFALO SOLDIERS HORSES. THEY 3914 02:12:08,654 --> 02:12:12,224 ALSO HAVE A FARM WITH NATURE, 3915 02:12:12,224 --> 02:12:13,058 NURTURING ROOTS. THEY SERVE 3916 02:12:13,058 --> 02:12:13,659 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND 3917 02:12:13,659 --> 02:12:14,893 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH A 3918 02:12:14,893 --> 02:12:17,229 FOCUS ON YOUTH FROM HISTORICALLY 3919 02:12:17,229 --> 02:12:18,797 UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS AND 3920 02:12:18,797 --> 02:12:19,998 COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE AND SOUTH 3921 02:12:19,998 --> 02:12:21,466 KING COUNTY. AND THIS 3922 02:12:21,466 --> 02:12:22,100 ORGANIZATION HAS A LONG HISTORY 3923 02:12:22,100 --> 02:12:25,437 OF SERVING YOUTH. WHEN IT OPENED 3924 02:12:25,437 --> 02:12:27,239 THEIR DOORS IN 1970, THE CITY IS 3925 02:12:27,239 --> 02:12:28,340 NOW WORKING TO RESTORE THE 3926 02:12:28,340 --> 02:12:29,741 PROPERTY, SO THIS GROUP HAS 3927 02:12:29,741 --> 02:12:30,876 RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE STATE 3928 02:12:30,876 --> 02:12:34,846 TO HELP RESTORE IT. THIS WOULD 3929 02:12:34,846 --> 02:12:35,514 HELP CONTINUE THEIR PROGRAMING. 3930 02:12:35,514 --> 02:12:36,982 I DO WANT TO SAY THIS ONE IS 3931 02:12:36,982 --> 02:12:37,716 NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 3932 02:12:37,716 --> 02:12:38,717 OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW WE LOVE 3933 02:12:38,717 --> 02:12:40,319 PROGRAMING, BUT I THINK IT'S 3934 02:12:40,319 --> 02:12:41,520 REALLY SPECIAL WHEN YOU'RE ABLE 3935 02:12:41,520 --> 02:12:44,022 TO TAKE YOUTH OUTSIDE THAT HAVE 3936 02:12:44,022 --> 02:12:46,124 BEEN IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE 3937 02:12:46,124 --> 02:12:48,994 AND DIFFERENT LIKE REALLY HARD 3938 02:12:48,994 --> 02:12:50,562 HOME ENVIRONMENTS, AND THEY'RE 3939 02:12:50,562 --> 02:12:52,731 REALLY STRUGGLING AND TO BE ABLE 3940 02:12:52,731 --> 02:12:53,699 TO TAKE THEM INTO NATURE AND 3941 02:12:53,699 --> 02:12:54,833 GIVE THEM JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE 3942 02:12:54,833 --> 02:12:55,934 OF PERSPECTIVE. WE HAVE ALL 3943 02:12:55,934 --> 02:12:57,169 THESE GREAT PARKS IN THE CITY, 3944 02:12:57,169 --> 02:12:59,137 AND I THINK RED BARN RANCH IS A 3945 02:12:59,137 --> 02:13:00,639 PLACE WHERE KIDS ARE HAVING FUN 3946 02:13:00,639 --> 02:13:02,474 AND YOU'RE ABLE, THEY'RE ABLE 3947 02:13:02,474 --> 02:13:03,809 TO GET A FIELD TRIP AS WELL. SO 3948 02:13:03,809 --> 02:13:05,744 I WOULD LOVE PEOPLE'S SUPPORT ON 3949 02:13:05,744 --> 02:13:07,045 THIS. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 3950 02:13:07,045 --> 02:13:09,414 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3951 02:13:09,414 --> 02:13:10,415 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ANYTHING TO 3952 02:13:10,415 --> 02:13:12,050 ADD? NOTHING AT THIS TIME, 3953 02:13:12,050 --> 02:13:15,654 COLLEAGUES. ANY DISCUSSION, ANY 3954 02:13:15,654 --> 02:13:18,957 DISCUSSION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3955 02:13:18,957 --> 02:13:20,659 CLOSE US OUT ON THIS AND THEN 3956 02:13:20,659 --> 02:13:21,226 I'LL ASK FOR CO-SPONSORS. 3957 02:13:21,226 --> 02:13:24,663 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR, I FORGOT TO 3958 02:13:24,663 --> 02:13:25,297 THANK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 3959 02:13:25,297 --> 02:13:25,931 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THEIR 3960 02:13:25,931 --> 02:13:27,966 SUPPORT ON THIS. THANK YOU. 3961 02:13:27,966 --> 02:13:31,203 -- THANK YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO 3962 02:13:31,203 --> 02:13:32,604 CO-SPONSOR SPR 1881, PLEASE 3963 02:13:32,604 --> 02:13:39,111 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. 3964 02:13:39,111 --> 02:13:42,047 I'M SEEING NEAR UNANIMOUS. I'M 3965 02:13:42,047 --> 02:13:44,015 SEEING UNANIMOUS ON THIS ISSUE. 3966 02:13:44,015 --> 02:13:46,084 THANK YOU. SAKA I THINK WE'VE 3967 02:13:46,084 --> 02:13:51,089 ONLY HAD THREE UNANIMOUS AT THIS 3968 02:13:51,089 --> 02:13:53,158 POINT, MAYBE FOUR A JOB WELL 3969 02:13:53,158 --> 02:13:54,926 DONE TEAM. LAST ITEM OF THE DAY 3970 02:13:54,926 --> 02:13:57,129 SPR 19 A ONE. 3971 02:13:57,129 --> 02:13:59,898 -- SPR 19 A WOULD INCREASE 3972 02:13:59,898 --> 02:14:02,701 APPROPRIATIONS TO SBR BY 510,000 3973 02:14:02,701 --> 02:14:07,305 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 AND 2028 3974 02:14:07,305 --> 02:14:09,541 FOR ONGOING SUPPORT. AND I ALSO 3975 02:14:09,541 --> 02:14:12,277 ADD POSITION AUTHORITY FOR 2.5 3976 02:14:12,277 --> 02:14:14,012 FTE TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S 3977 02:14:14,012 --> 02:14:18,016 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. THIS ITEM IS 3978 02:14:18,016 --> 02:14:18,583 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 3979 02:14:18,583 --> 02:14:20,085 STRAUSS AND IS CO-SPONSORED BY 3980 02:14:20,085 --> 02:14:21,420 COUNCIL MEMBERS JUAREZ AND 3981 02:14:21,420 --> 02:14:23,522 KETTLE. 3982 02:14:23,522 --> 02:14:24,055 -- THANK YOU. SPONSOR THE 3983 02:14:24,055 --> 02:14:25,056 PROPOSAL. I'LL SPEAK TO IT 3984 02:14:25,056 --> 02:14:26,825 THERE. THIS IS POSITION, 3985 02:14:26,825 --> 02:14:29,694 AUTHORITY, NOT POSITION FUNDING. 3986 02:14:29,694 --> 02:14:34,266 THERE IS FUNDING FOR CLEANING UP 3987 02:14:34,266 --> 02:14:36,034 TRASH. DID I? I'M GOING TO JUST 3988 02:14:36,034 --> 02:14:37,436 ASK KARINA. DID I GET THAT 3989 02:14:37,436 --> 02:14:37,702 CORRECT? 3990 02:14:37,702 --> 02:14:38,670 -- YOU GOT IT CORRECT. 3991 02:14:38,670 --> 02:14:41,039 -- SO WE'RE JUST KEEPING 3992 02:14:41,039 --> 02:14:42,274 POSITION AUTHORITY WHETHER THESE 3993 02:14:42,274 --> 02:14:44,009 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED OR 3994 02:14:44,009 --> 02:14:46,511 NOT FILLED, HAVING TO PASS 3995 02:14:46,511 --> 02:14:47,946 LEGISLATION TO ADD POSITION 3996 02:14:47,946 --> 02:14:50,048 AUTHORITY BACK INTO OUR CITY IS 3997 02:14:50,048 --> 02:14:51,616 A CUMBERSOME EXPERIENCE. THAT IS 3998 02:14:51,616 --> 02:14:52,684 THE ACTION THAT I AM TAKING. I 3999 02:14:52,684 --> 02:14:55,821 AM NOT TAKING ADDING FUNDING FOR 4000 02:14:55,821 --> 02:14:57,222 THE POSITIONS I AM PROPOSING TO 4001 02:14:57,222 --> 02:15:00,058 ADD FUNDING TO CLEAN UP THE 4002 02:15:00,058 --> 02:15:03,061 TRASH. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 4003 02:15:03,061 --> 02:15:05,096 COLLEAGUES. ANY COUNCILMEMBER 4004 02:15:05,096 --> 02:15:05,597 JUAREZ IS CHAIR OF THE 4005 02:15:05,597 --> 02:15:07,199 COMMITTEE. ANYTHING TO ADD OVER 4006 02:15:07,199 --> 02:15:07,999 TO YOU? 4007 02:15:07,999 --> 02:15:10,235 -- YES, I'M GOING TO STICK WITH 4008 02:15:10,235 --> 02:15:11,837 THE TRASH. I KNOW YOU ALL HEARD 4009 02:15:11,837 --> 02:15:13,238 MY COMMENTS THIS MORNING AND YOU 4010 02:15:13,238 --> 02:15:14,506 HEARD THEM BACK ON OCTOBER 10th 4011 02:15:14,506 --> 02:15:15,707 OR 15th. AND THE ONLY THING I 4012 02:15:15,707 --> 02:15:17,876 WANT TO ADD AS WE ADDRESSED IT 4013 02:15:17,876 --> 02:15:19,945 THIS MORNING UNDER THE S DOT 4014 02:15:19,945 --> 02:15:22,481 CUT. AND THEN OF COURSE, NOW 4015 02:15:22,481 --> 02:15:24,182 WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, 4016 02:15:24,182 --> 02:15:25,817 TOMORROW WILL BE HSD. THE ONLY 4017 02:15:25,817 --> 02:15:26,918 THING THAT I WANT TO ADD, AND I 4018 02:15:26,918 --> 02:15:29,254 BELIEVE I SHARED THIS WITH YOU 4019 02:15:29,254 --> 02:15:30,655 BEFORE WE HANDED OUT SOME 4020 02:15:30,655 --> 02:15:33,658 DOCUMENTS BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE 4021 02:15:33,658 --> 02:15:34,292 ILLUSTRATIVE AND DEMONSTRATIVE 4022 02:15:34,292 --> 02:15:37,162 AND SHOWING YOU FROM 2021 TO 4023 02:15:37,162 --> 02:15:41,266 2026 THAT THE CITY, THE YOU SEE 4024 02:15:41,266 --> 02:15:43,335 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM, ALONG 4025 02:15:43,335 --> 02:15:45,237 WITH SEATTLE PARKS AND OTHER 4026 02:15:45,237 --> 02:15:45,937 AGENCIES HAVE. AND THIS IS JUST 4027 02:15:45,937 --> 02:15:47,572 AN ESTIMATE WE'RE AT NOW, A 4028 02:15:47,572 --> 02:15:50,876 TOTAL OF ALMOST 12 MILLION 4029 02:15:50,876 --> 02:15:56,214 POUNDS OF TRASH, WHICH EQUALS 4030 02:15:56,214 --> 02:15:58,016 ABOUT 5900 TONS. AND SO I WILL 4031 02:15:58,016 --> 02:15:59,484 LET THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR 4032 02:15:59,484 --> 02:16:01,987 THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. 4033 02:16:01,987 --> 02:16:03,088 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY 4034 02:16:03,088 --> 02:16:06,391 FURTHER DISCUSSION? FURTHER 4035 02:16:06,391 --> 02:16:09,995 DISCUSSION? FINAL DISCUSSION. 4036 02:16:09,995 --> 02:16:11,162 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4037 02:16:11,162 --> 02:16:12,364 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. IT 4038 02:16:12,364 --> 02:16:14,099 WAS SLOW ON THE ZOOM. I JUST 4039 02:16:14,099 --> 02:16:16,368 WANTED TO I APPRECIATE YOU 4040 02:16:16,368 --> 02:16:16,902 CLARIFYING THE POSITION, 4041 02:16:16,902 --> 02:16:19,504 AUTHORITY VERSUS THE BUDGET. AND 4042 02:16:19,504 --> 02:16:22,841 I JUST HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION 4043 02:16:22,841 --> 02:16:24,242 OR TWO AROUND THAT. JUST LOOKING 4044 02:16:24,242 --> 02:16:27,212 AT THE THE I WAS GOING TO CALL 4045 02:16:27,212 --> 02:16:28,813 IT AN AMENDMENT, BUT WE'RE NOT 4046 02:16:28,813 --> 02:16:31,316 CALLING IT THAT. THE PROPOSAL. I 4047 02:16:31,316 --> 02:16:32,984 JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHERE IT 4048 02:16:32,984 --> 02:16:35,687 SAYS IT'S GOING TO RESTORE THE 4049 02:16:35,687 --> 02:16:37,489 RESOURCES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY 4050 02:16:37,489 --> 02:16:39,824 INTENDED FOR VENDOR CONTRACTS, 4051 02:16:39,824 --> 02:16:41,192 AND THEN IS IT SORT OF MOVING 4052 02:16:41,192 --> 02:16:43,828 THIS FROM LIKE, WELL, I GUESS 4053 02:16:43,828 --> 02:16:46,398 THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY A CONTRACT 4054 02:16:46,398 --> 02:16:47,832 INVESTMENT, THEN IT WAS REMOVED 4055 02:16:47,832 --> 02:16:49,167 AND NOW IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO 4056 02:16:49,167 --> 02:16:52,771 BE RESTORED BUT RESTORED IN 4057 02:16:52,771 --> 02:16:55,340 HOUSE, OR WILL IT STILL BE 4058 02:16:55,340 --> 02:16:56,708 RESTORED AS A CONTRACT THAT JUST 4059 02:16:56,708 --> 02:16:59,511 A SECOND TO LAST PARAGRAPH, 4060 02:16:59,511 --> 02:17:00,145 THERE WAS CONFUSING TO ME. 4061 02:17:00,145 --> 02:17:01,446 -- I'M GOING TO TAKE THE FIRST 4062 02:17:01,446 --> 02:17:02,213 CRACK AT IT, AND THEN I'M GOING 4063 02:17:02,213 --> 02:17:04,316 TO TURN IT OVER TO KARINA. SO 4064 02:17:04,316 --> 02:17:06,284 THE HISTORY OF WHERE ARE WE 4065 02:17:06,284 --> 02:17:07,886 TODAY? ONE REASON WHY THE 4066 02:17:07,886 --> 02:17:09,387 POSITION AUTHORITY IS REALLY 4067 02:17:09,387 --> 02:17:11,890 IMPORTANT TO ME IS BECAUSE IN 4068 02:17:11,890 --> 02:17:13,358 2020, WE DID NOT HAVE POSITIONS 4069 02:17:13,358 --> 02:17:15,894 TO CLEAN UP TRASH IN OUR CITY, 4070 02:17:15,894 --> 02:17:16,494 WHICH MEANT THAT WE COULD NOT 4071 02:17:16,494 --> 02:17:18,330 CLEAN UP TRASH IN OUR CITY 4072 02:17:18,330 --> 02:17:22,801 BECAUSE WE HAD TO RE ISSUE THE 4073 02:17:22,801 --> 02:17:24,603 POSITIONS SO THAT WE WERE HIRING 4074 02:17:24,603 --> 02:17:25,537 PEOPLE TO DO JOBS, THAT THEY 4075 02:17:25,537 --> 02:17:26,905 KNEW THEY WERE BEING HIRED TO 4076 02:17:26,905 --> 02:17:28,740 DO, RATHER THAN CHANGING THE 4077 02:17:28,740 --> 02:17:30,141 JOBS ON THEM. ONCE THEY WERE 4078 02:17:30,141 --> 02:17:30,909 ALREADY IN THEIR POSITIONS. 4079 02:17:30,909 --> 02:17:33,545 IT'S KIND OF A IT'S A PRETTY 4080 02:17:33,545 --> 02:17:34,479 IMPORTANT THING IN MY OPINION. 4081 02:17:34,479 --> 02:17:36,014 RIGHT? PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THE 4082 02:17:36,014 --> 02:17:38,617 JOB THEY WANT, NOT THE JOB THAT 4083 02:17:38,617 --> 02:17:40,051 WE CHANGE ON THEM. AND THAT IS 4084 02:17:40,051 --> 02:17:41,553 WHY THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE 4085 02:17:41,553 --> 02:17:42,721 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE UNIFIED 4086 02:17:42,721 --> 02:17:44,255 CARE TEAM, THAT'S WHY THE 4087 02:17:44,255 --> 02:17:46,224 POSITION AUTHORITY IS MORE 4088 02:17:46,224 --> 02:17:48,360 IMPORTANT TO ME THAN THE FUNDING 4089 02:17:48,360 --> 02:17:49,928 OF THOSE POSITIONS. RIGHT. AND 4090 02:17:49,928 --> 02:17:51,763 SO FROM THERE, IN THOSE EARLY 4091 02:17:51,763 --> 02:17:54,699 DAYS, WE WERE RELYING ON 4092 02:17:54,699 --> 02:17:56,635 CONTRACTED TRASH CLEANUP. AT 4093 02:17:56,635 --> 02:17:58,103 SOME POINT, WE WERE ABLE TO 4094 02:17:58,103 --> 02:17:59,471 SWITCH THAT OVER TO SEATTLE 4095 02:17:59,471 --> 02:18:00,538 PUBLIC UTILITIES. AS MY 4096 02:18:00,538 --> 02:18:03,575 UNDERSTANDING, SEATTLE PUBLIC 4097 02:18:03,575 --> 02:18:05,010 UTILITIES AND SPU IS ONE OF MY 4098 02:18:05,010 --> 02:18:05,644 FAVORITE DEPARTMENTS THAT DOES 4099 02:18:05,644 --> 02:18:07,045 MORE THAN ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE 4100 02:18:07,045 --> 02:18:10,548 FOR THIS ENTIRE GOSH DARN CITY. 4101 02:18:10,548 --> 02:18:13,485 AND ASKING SPU TO CLEAN UP THIS 4102 02:18:13,485 --> 02:18:15,353 WHOLE CITY HAS HELPED A WHOLE 4103 02:18:15,353 --> 02:18:18,390 LOT. AND THERE IS MORE TRASH IN 4104 02:18:18,390 --> 02:18:20,425 THIS CITY THAN SPU CAN HANDLE. 4105 02:18:20,425 --> 02:18:22,394 SO WHETHER THIS FUNDING IS USED 4106 02:18:22,394 --> 02:18:24,763 TO EXPAND IN-HOUSE CLEANUP OR TO 4107 02:18:24,763 --> 02:18:28,967 GET AUGMENTATION, I AM AGNOSTIC 4108 02:18:28,967 --> 02:18:31,870 THERE. WHAT I AM CERTAIN ABOUT 4109 02:18:31,870 --> 02:18:33,004 IS THAT THERE'S TOO MUCH DARN 4110 02:18:33,004 --> 02:18:33,972 TRASH IN THIS GOSH DARN CITY, 4111 02:18:33,972 --> 02:18:34,873 AND THAT WE NEED TO GET IT 4112 02:18:34,873 --> 02:18:36,074 CLEANED UP. AND THERE'S NO 4113 02:18:36,074 --> 02:18:36,741 REASON WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE LIVE 4114 02:18:36,741 --> 02:18:38,176 IN A WORLD CLASS CITY. WE 4115 02:18:38,176 --> 02:18:41,146 DESERVE WORLD CLASS OUTCOMES. 4116 02:18:41,146 --> 02:18:43,581 KARINA, WHAT DID I GET WRONG OR 4117 02:18:43,581 --> 02:18:43,782 MISS? 4118 02:18:43,782 --> 02:18:45,216 -- I'D SAY THE ONLY 4119 02:18:45,216 --> 02:18:47,018 CLARIFICATION IS THAT THE WAY 4120 02:18:47,018 --> 02:18:48,853 IT'S CODED IN OUR BUDGET 4121 02:18:48,853 --> 02:18:50,989 PROGRAM IS FOR NON LABOR 4122 02:18:50,989 --> 02:18:52,257 RESOURCES. SO THE VISION FOR THE 4123 02:18:52,257 --> 02:18:55,860 WAY IT'S CODED IS FOR 4124 02:18:55,860 --> 02:18:56,327 CONTRACTED SERVICES. 4125 02:18:56,327 --> 02:18:57,462 -- RIGHT BACK AT YOU. 4126 02:18:57,462 --> 02:18:59,030 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4127 02:18:59,030 --> 02:19:00,031 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 4128 02:19:00,031 --> 02:19:01,533 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND JUST 4129 02:19:01,533 --> 02:19:03,868 AS A AS AN ASIDE, I GOT TO WORK 4130 02:19:03,868 --> 02:19:05,303 IN THE GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE 4131 02:19:05,303 --> 02:19:06,538 AT SPU. SO IT IS ALSO ONE OF MY 4132 02:19:06,538 --> 02:19:08,239 FAVORITE DEPARTMENTS THAT 4133 02:19:08,239 --> 02:19:09,374 DOESN'T GET ENOUGH SHOUT OUTS, 4134 02:19:09,374 --> 02:19:11,242 LOVE AND ATTENTION. SO I WE 4135 02:19:11,242 --> 02:19:12,777 SHARE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER 4136 02:19:12,777 --> 02:19:15,313 STRAUSS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 4137 02:19:15,313 --> 02:19:16,848 THAT CLARIFICATION. KARINA AND 4138 02:19:16,848 --> 02:19:17,482 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS OR CHAIR 4139 02:19:17,482 --> 02:19:18,583 STRAUSS. THAT TAKES CARE OF MY 4140 02:19:18,583 --> 02:19:20,485 QUESTIONS 4141 02:19:20,485 --> 02:19:22,220 -- FANTASTIC. ANY OTHER 4142 02:19:22,220 --> 02:19:22,754 DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER 4143 02:19:22,754 --> 02:19:23,288 RIVERA. 4144 02:19:23,288 --> 02:19:24,489 -- YES, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. 4145 02:19:24,489 --> 02:19:25,824 -- DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? 4146 02:19:25,824 --> 02:19:26,558 -- ARE YOU SURE? 4147 02:19:26,558 --> 02:19:26,825 -- YEAH. 4148 02:19:26,825 --> 02:19:27,959 -- I'M JUST GOING TO ADD TO. 4149 02:19:27,959 --> 02:19:30,128 THANK YOU. 4150 02:19:30,128 --> 02:19:30,628 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 4151 02:19:30,628 --> 02:19:31,229 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4152 02:19:31,229 --> 02:19:34,165 -- I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD JUST 4153 02:19:34,165 --> 02:19:36,000 ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 4154 02:19:36,000 --> 02:19:37,969 ASKED AND TO KIND OF ROUND OUT 4155 02:19:37,969 --> 02:19:39,938 YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND SOME OF 4156 02:19:39,938 --> 02:19:42,040 THE HISTORY COUNCILMEMBER BUDGET 4157 02:19:42,040 --> 02:19:44,676 CHAIR STRAUSS, ONE OF THE ISSUES 4158 02:19:44,676 --> 02:19:46,978 BETWEEN LABOR OR WHO ACTUALLY 4159 02:19:46,978 --> 02:19:48,279 WORKS AT SPU. SEATTLE CITY 4160 02:19:48,279 --> 02:19:49,848 LIGHT. SEATTLE PARKS AND REC AND 4161 02:19:49,848 --> 02:19:52,350 ALL THOSE 1512 DEPARTMENTS, I 4162 02:19:52,350 --> 02:19:54,152 RATTLED OFF. IT STARTED OFF WITH 4163 02:19:54,152 --> 02:19:55,553 A COUPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND IT 4164 02:19:55,553 --> 02:19:58,289 GREW. BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT 4165 02:19:58,289 --> 02:19:59,591 WE HAD, AND I CAN'T SHARE ALL 4166 02:19:59,591 --> 02:20:01,393 THE DETAILS BECAUSE THEY'RE 4167 02:20:01,393 --> 02:20:01,860 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 4168 02:20:01,860 --> 02:20:03,094 AGREEMENTS, IS THAT A LOT OF 4169 02:20:03,094 --> 02:20:04,662 PEOPLE AT PARKS AND SPU AND 4170 02:20:04,662 --> 02:20:06,664 OTHER FOLKS, AS YOU WERE SAYING, 4171 02:20:06,664 --> 02:20:10,235 MR. CHAIR, WERE HIRED TO OPEN UP 4172 02:20:10,235 --> 02:20:12,303 THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR CLEAN 4173 02:20:12,303 --> 02:20:13,805 THE POOL OR BE A LIFEGUARD OR 4174 02:20:13,805 --> 02:20:14,839 TEACH BASKETBALL. THEY WERE NOT 4175 02:20:14,839 --> 02:20:16,708 HIRED TO PICK UP GARBAGE, PICK 4176 02:20:16,708 --> 02:20:19,711 UP NEEDLES ADMINISTER NARCAN. 4177 02:20:19,711 --> 02:20:22,013 JUST IT JUST IT JUST GREW OUT OF 4178 02:20:22,013 --> 02:20:23,047 CONTROL. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M 4179 02:20:23,047 --> 02:20:24,649 TRYING TO GET AT, IS WHAT THE 4180 02:20:24,649 --> 02:20:26,451 KIND OF FACT PATTERN ON THE 4181 02:20:26,451 --> 02:20:28,520 GROUND OF WHY THIS GREW TO WHERE 4182 02:20:28,520 --> 02:20:31,890 IT HAS. I GUESS I'M A BIT 4183 02:20:31,890 --> 02:20:32,490 DISAPPOINTED THAT SOME PEOPLE 4184 02:20:32,490 --> 02:20:33,958 HAVE POLITICIZED THIS, THAT 4185 02:20:33,958 --> 02:20:36,828 UNIFIED CARE TEAMS ONLY JOB WAS 4186 02:20:36,828 --> 02:20:38,963 TO, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, SWEEP 4187 02:20:38,963 --> 02:20:42,801 PEOPLE. NO, IT WAS NOT THAT. IT 4188 02:20:42,801 --> 02:20:45,069 WAS RESPONDING TO POST 2020. AND 4189 02:20:45,069 --> 02:20:48,673 THEN AN EXPLOSION OF OUR 4190 02:20:48,673 --> 02:20:49,174 UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND 4191 02:20:49,174 --> 02:20:52,410 UNSANCTIONED TENT ENCAMPMENTS 4192 02:20:52,410 --> 02:20:52,944 AND THE GARBAGE AND OTHER 4193 02:20:52,944 --> 02:20:54,979 THINGS. SO WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED 4194 02:20:54,979 --> 02:20:56,414 THE PURPLE BAGS AND THE WASHING 4195 02:20:56,414 --> 02:20:57,382 STATIONS. SO IT WAS A LOT OF 4196 02:20:57,382 --> 02:20:58,783 THINGS. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD 4197 02:20:58,783 --> 02:21:00,618 THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND 4198 02:21:00,618 --> 02:21:01,319 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN RIVERA. 4199 02:21:01,319 --> 02:21:02,387 SORRY. 4200 02:21:02,387 --> 02:21:02,954 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4201 02:21:02,954 --> 02:21:04,622 JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 4202 02:21:04,622 --> 02:21:07,992 -- NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. I 4203 02:21:07,992 --> 02:21:10,895 APPRECIATE THIS IS A BIG TICKET 4204 02:21:10,895 --> 02:21:12,397 ITEM AND WE DON'T HAVE THE 4205 02:21:12,397 --> 02:21:15,567 ABILITY TO DO THIS WORK IF WE 4206 02:21:15,567 --> 02:21:17,869 DON'T ADD SOME FUNDING FOR IT. 4207 02:21:17,869 --> 02:21:20,705 THIS IS PART OF UC SERVICE, PART 4208 02:21:20,705 --> 02:21:23,942 OF THE TEAM DOES THE CLEANUP 4209 02:21:23,942 --> 02:21:25,977 WORK AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 4210 02:21:25,977 --> 02:21:28,479 AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST 4211 02:21:28,479 --> 02:21:30,849 TO SAY THAT IT IS A BIG TICKET 4212 02:21:30,849 --> 02:21:32,717 ITEM. AND AND IT IS A LOT OF 4213 02:21:32,717 --> 02:21:36,287 WORK AND IT IS WORK THAT YOU SEE 4214 02:21:36,287 --> 02:21:38,089 T DOES. SO WHILE WE'RE NOT 4215 02:21:38,089 --> 02:21:41,693 ADDING MONEY TO THE POSITIONS, I 4216 02:21:41,693 --> 02:21:44,429 APPRECIATE THE FUNDING FOR DOING 4217 02:21:44,429 --> 02:21:45,730 THE CLEANUP WORK THAT WE NEED TO 4218 02:21:45,730 --> 02:21:50,535 DO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS 4219 02:21:50,535 --> 02:21:52,036 REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE WE WE 4220 02:21:52,036 --> 02:21:56,741 JUST CAN'T. THE NEED IS GREAT. 4221 02:21:56,741 --> 02:21:57,942 ALL ACROSS THE CITY. SO THANK 4222 02:21:57,942 --> 02:21:59,611 YOU, CHAIR. 4223 02:21:59,611 --> 02:22:02,447 -- THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER 4224 02:22:02,447 --> 02:22:02,914 DISCUSSION? ANY FINAL 4225 02:22:02,914 --> 02:22:07,452 DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 4226 02:22:07,452 --> 02:22:08,620 CO-SPONSOR SPR 1981, PLEASE 4227 02:22:08,620 --> 02:22:10,855 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. 4228 02:22:10,855 --> 02:22:12,490 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOUR HANDS 4229 02:22:12,490 --> 02:22:12,657 UP. 4230 02:22:12,657 --> 02:22:13,458 -- YES. 4231 02:22:13,458 --> 02:22:17,295 -- THANK YOU. ANY OTHER 4232 02:22:17,295 --> 02:22:17,996 CO-SPONSORS AT THIS TIME? GOT 4233 02:22:17,996 --> 02:22:19,931 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND 4234 02:22:19,931 --> 02:22:23,668 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND COUNCIL 4235 02:22:23,668 --> 02:22:24,202 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 4236 02:22:24,202 --> 02:22:25,003 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, HOLLINGSWORTH 4237 02:22:25,003 --> 02:22:28,506 RIVERA AND SAKA. 4238 02:22:28,506 --> 02:22:29,941 -- WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU. 4239 02:22:29,941 --> 02:22:32,076 THAT DOES BRING US TO THE 4240 02:22:32,076 --> 02:22:36,080 CONCLUSION OF THE 60 CBAS THAT 4241 02:22:36,080 --> 02:22:39,450 WE HAVE TODAY. IT IS JUST BEFORE 4242 02:22:39,450 --> 02:22:41,386 330. I WANT BEFORE WE ADJOURN, 4243 02:22:41,386 --> 02:22:43,755 I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF 4244 02:22:43,755 --> 02:22:45,189 HOUSEKEEPING FOR TOMORROW. 4245 02:22:45,189 --> 02:22:48,259 TOMORROW I'M GOING TO CONFIRM 4246 02:22:48,259 --> 02:22:50,795 WE HAVE 64 CBAS. IS THAT 4247 02:22:50,795 --> 02:22:53,364 CORRECT? AS THEY'RE GETTING 4248 02:22:53,364 --> 02:22:53,731 THOSE NUMBERS. 4249 02:22:53,731 --> 02:22:55,867 -- 68. 4250 02:22:55,867 --> 02:22:58,169 -- 68 GOSH. WOW. EIGHT MORE THAN 4251 02:22:58,169 --> 02:23:02,140 WE HAD TODAY. AND THE TOPICS 4252 02:23:02,140 --> 02:23:03,207 DON'T GET ANY EASIER. SO I JUST 4253 02:23:03,207 --> 02:23:06,077 SAY THAT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL. 4254 02:23:06,077 --> 02:23:08,846 WHEN I STARTED THIS ROLE, IT WAS 4255 02:23:08,846 --> 02:23:10,748 REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I 4256 02:23:10,748 --> 02:23:13,151 DID BUDGET REFORM IN CONTENT, IN 4257 02:23:13,151 --> 02:23:17,822 HOW OUR BUDGET OPERATES, ALSO IN 4258 02:23:17,822 --> 02:23:18,957 PROCESS, AND HOW DOES THE 4259 02:23:18,957 --> 02:23:20,425 PROCESS WORK. WHAT I DIDN'T 4260 02:23:20,425 --> 02:23:22,460 REALIZE IS THAT WE ALSO NEEDED 4261 02:23:22,460 --> 02:23:25,196 BUDGET REFORM IN CULTURE FROM 4262 02:23:25,196 --> 02:23:27,098 FOLKS WHO WERE NOT HERE. COUNCIL 4263 02:23:27,098 --> 02:23:28,466 PRESIDENT EMERITUS JUAREZ WAS AT 4264 02:23:28,466 --> 02:23:32,637 A TIME WHEN THERE WAS A. THIS 4265 02:23:32,637 --> 02:23:34,038 PART OF BUDGET COULD BE VERY 4266 02:23:34,038 --> 02:23:38,242 TENSE AND NOT NICE, AND I JUST 4267 02:23:38,242 --> 02:23:38,810 REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE 4268 02:23:38,810 --> 02:23:40,912 COMING WITH A HEALTHY LEVEL OF 4269 02:23:40,912 --> 02:23:42,046 DISAGREEMENT WITH A HEALTHY 4270 02:23:42,046 --> 02:23:43,614 LEVEL OF AGREEMENT, WITH A 4271 02:23:43,614 --> 02:23:44,749 HEALTHY LEVEL OF SPEAKING TO 4272 02:23:44,749 --> 02:23:49,287 EACH OTHER IN A, IN A WAY THAT 4273 02:23:49,287 --> 02:23:50,355 UPLIFTS DECORUM. THIS IS HOW WE 4274 02:23:50,355 --> 02:23:53,491 PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY IS THAT WE 4275 02:23:53,491 --> 02:23:57,996 DISAGREE IN GOOD WAYS. AND SO 4276 02:23:57,996 --> 02:23:59,364 THIS WAS NOT A PAINLESS 4277 02:23:59,364 --> 02:24:01,165 EXERCISE, BUT IT WAS NOT PAINFUL 4278 02:24:01,165 --> 02:24:02,400 LIKE IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. 4279 02:24:02,400 --> 02:24:04,802 AND I JUST I'M TAKING THIS 4280 02:24:04,802 --> 02:24:06,371 MOMENT TO REALLY SAY THANK YOU 4281 02:24:06,371 --> 02:24:08,973 BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY BIG 4282 02:24:08,973 --> 02:24:09,574 DIFFERENCE FROM YEARS IN THE 4283 02:24:09,574 --> 02:24:13,478 PAST. WITH THAT, WE HAVE 68 CBAS 4284 02:24:13,478 --> 02:24:15,647 TOMORROW WE HAVE HUMAN SERVICES 4285 02:24:15,647 --> 02:24:18,016 DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE POLICE 4286 02:24:18,016 --> 02:24:20,284 DEPARTMENT, CARE, CBO, LEDGE, 4287 02:24:20,284 --> 02:24:21,886 AND MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND SO WE 4288 02:24:21,886 --> 02:24:23,888 WILL ENDEAVOR TO HAVE THE SAME 4289 02:24:23,888 --> 02:24:25,623 SCHEDULE TOMORROW. WE TOOK AN 4290 02:24:25,623 --> 02:24:27,992 HOUR BREAK FOR LUNCH TODAY. I'D 4291 02:24:27,992 --> 02:24:30,561 LOVE TO DO THAT. IT IS 330. IF 4292 02:24:30,561 --> 02:24:33,231 WE HAD ANOTHER TEN TO GO, I BET 4293 02:24:33,231 --> 02:24:35,066 YOU WE WOULD BE AT 5:00 RIGHT 4294 02:24:35,066 --> 02:24:38,703 NOW. SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY IS, 4295 02:24:38,703 --> 02:24:40,138 THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU ALL HAVE 4296 02:24:40,138 --> 02:24:42,407 SHOWN UP YESTERDAY AND TODAY WE 4297 02:24:42,407 --> 02:24:44,942 HAVE TO SHOW UP IN THE SAME WAY 4298 02:24:44,942 --> 02:24:46,511 AGAIN ONE MORE TIME TOMORROW, 4299 02:24:46,511 --> 02:24:47,945 AND THEN THAT WILL BE THE 4300 02:24:47,945 --> 02:24:50,048 CONCLUSION OF THIS SEGMENT OF 4301 02:24:50,048 --> 02:24:51,549 THE BUDGET. THIS SEGMENT OF THE 4302 02:24:51,549 --> 02:24:52,183 BUDGET PROCESS. I'M GOING TO 4303 02:24:52,183 --> 02:24:54,619 TURN OVER TO LISH AND CALVIN. 4304 02:24:54,619 --> 02:24:56,487 ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING TO ADD. 4305 02:24:56,487 --> 02:24:57,689 I'M NOT GOING TO STAND IN THE 4306 02:24:57,689 --> 02:24:59,490 WAY OF YOU IN THE LAST THREE 4307 02:24:59,490 --> 02:25:00,792 HOURS OF SUNLIGHT. SO UNLESS 4308 02:25:00,792 --> 02:25:04,062 THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE TO COME 4309 02:25:04,062 --> 02:25:04,662 BEFORE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, 4310 02:25:04,662 --> 02:25:07,198 THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE OCTOBER 4311 02:25:07,198 --> 02:25:09,567 28th, 2026 SELECT BUDGET 4312 02:25:09,567 --> 02:25:10,935 COMMITTEE MEETING. THE NEXT 4313 02:25:10,935 --> 02:25:13,104 MEETING IS TOMORROW MORNING AT 4314 02:25:13,104 --> 02:25:14,672 9:30 A.M.. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER 4315 02:25:14,672 --> 02:25:16,307 BUSINESS, WE WILL BE ADJOURNED. 4316 02:25:16,307 --> 02:25:17,642 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE 4317 02:25:17,642 --> 02:25:18,843 ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, CHRIS 4318 02:25:18,843 --> 02:25:19,844 GALBRAITH, FOR EVERYTHING YOU 4319 02:25:19,844 --> 02:25:26,718 DO, MY FRIEND. GREAT WORK.